（精選）最藍的眼睛讀后感

1、Course: English readingInstructor: Song ShenliClass No. 0902Student number: 0907100218Date: April 2, 2011Table of Contents Reading report .P. 1 Words and definitions .P. 2 Discussion and Reflection .P. 3Reading report Date: April 2, 2011The Bluest Eye is the maiden work of Toni Morrison. The story i

2、s based on Tonis hometown. It describes Pecola, a black girls tragedy. Because of her ugliness, she was despised by all the people around her.Her mother, Mrs. Breedlove, who was a little cripple, disliked and always beat her. She worked for a gracious white woman. And she devoted herself to her mast

3、er. Pecolas mother treated her masters child better than Pecola. When Pecola overturned the strawberry pie, Mrs. Breedlove slapped Pecola and coaxed the child.Pecolas father, Cholly, regarded as a boute by the villagers. Surely, he hated Pecola, too. But unexpectedly, he made Pecola have her father

4、child. He was the direct factor that spoiled Pecolas life. After his evildoing, Pecola was mocked by the villagers, including her friends.Pecolas parents contempted her, let alone her classmates. Pecola as such was the person who could make fun with. Now everyone in the village discussed her pregnan

5、t. Boy classmates bullied her after school. Only Frieda and Claudia tried to help her. All the suffering made Pecola self-loathing. She hated herself and wondered why she couldnt own white skin, blond hair and even a pair of blue eyes. She was overwhelmed by the utmost contempt, so she resorted to S

6、oaphead Church. She pleaded him to bestow her with a pair of blue eyes, the bluest ones in the world, at least in the village. Maybe the God was disgusted her ugliness. Soaphead Church took advantage of her. He was thinking about how to end the mangy dogs life. Pecola offered him a chance. He had Pe

7、cola feed the dog with a piece of poisonous meat. Pecola was scared to death when the dog was killed. And all these drived her mad. She was terribly eager for a pair of blue eyes. In her mind, blue eyes were the symbol of white people and superior people.Words & Definitions Date: April 2, 2011 e

8、xplicit :precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication melancholy :n. a feeling of thoughtful sadnessadj.characterized by or causing or expressing sadness fraudulent: intended to deceive acridness: n.1. extreme bitterness2. the quality of being sharply disagre

9、eable in language or ton fudge: n.soft creamy candyv. 1. fake or falsify2. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)blunt: adj.1.used of a knife or other blade; not sharp a blunt instrument 2.characterized by directness in manner or speech; without sub

10、tlety or evasion blunt talking and straight shooting a blunt New England farmer moronic: adj. having a mental age of between eight and twelve yearsaggravate: v.1. make worse 2. exasperate or irritateomnipresence: the state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once)peripheral:

11、related to the key issue but not of central importancestrident: unpleasantly loud and harshtimbre: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)Discussion &Reflection Date: April 2, 2011It seemed that it was Cholly who spoiled Pecola. But actually it was

12、 the social system in America. The value system and the aesthetic standard based on the social discrimination came into being. Thats the root of Pecolas tragedy. In that period, uniform aesthetic standard was white skin, blue eyes. Black people are inferior to white people. In fact, black people hav

13、e their own culture. If they can stick to and live in their own culture, the tragedy may be avoid. This innocent girl should have lived happily under the black people culture. But her parents, classmates and villagers told her that she was inferior to white people. Black skin was ugly and and antipa

14、thetic. The doll which was given to Claudia as birthday present was a white girl, white skin and a pair of big blue eyes. The picture published on the sweet wrappers was a lovely white girl. The shop owners were hostile to her. Pecola awared that all of these should blame her black skin. People arou

15、nd teached her that black girl was not popular, which led to her tragedy. Whats worse, black boys despised and bullied her. They were despised by white people, so they gave vent to black girls because males were superior to females. It was them who spoiled themselves. They regarded white peoples aes

16、thetic standard as theirs. Inevitably, they despised themselves. Turn things around, maybe obnubilation was good for Pecola. When she was conscious, she was torturous. Now she was released from the torture. She visionally thought she owned a pair of blue eyes and lived under this kind of satisfaction. What a satire, obnubilation becomes a persons saviour. But in t