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Discuss the narrative strategies employed by writer in bluest eye with example?



Toni Morrison is the most prominent and successful African American woman writer of the 20th century. She received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993 for her outstanding achievement on writing, and became the first African American woman writer to win this award. She is clearly aware that the dignity and identity of the black are based on the relatively integrated African American culture. Most of her stories happened in the black community, where the daily life of the ordinary black people is connected closely with the myth and folk tradition of Africa.
Narrative Structure
The Bluest Eye (Narrative)

Toni Morrison structured the bluest eye in terms of four different sections that entail autumn, winter, spring and summer. She makes a connection between what is happening in the story with the four seasons. Furthermore, she delivers ideas in the perspective of different characters such as Pecola, Claudia, Frieda and other important characters, therefore demonstrating coming of age and or different situations in which the reader can empathize with each and every character. Also the idea of starting from the end is a technique that Toni Morrison utilizes in order for the structure to make sense and deliver an important piece of information that attracts the reader. Nonetheless she utilizes a prolonged conflict that enables the reader to observe and connect with the issue through the different situations the characters live through. The sequence does not follow a linear plot instead there are a series of flashbacks and situations that occur simultaneously. For example the fragment in which, Toni Morrison depicts how Cholly and Pauline meet each other and fall in love, with the evident intention of proving the point that innocence and suppressing sexual desires are two very relevant themes within the novel. Furthermore repetition is something commonly utilized in order to reiterate important actions that may be relevant to the plot but also to the transmission of a message to the audience, which can be interpreted in a very personal manner. Finally the usage of scenic and panoramic techniques are integrated within the plot structure, the scenic scenes are not very easily perceived but they include the fast pieces of information that go accordingly with the real life time, for example in the fragment of the novel where Pecola is having her first period, things are described in a quick manner. On the other hand panoramic techniques have a much more detailed explanation and a vivid description, this is seen for example when Cholly and Pecola meet, there is a lot of minor details included that aid and allow for a deeper understanding. 

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