The novel, The Bluest Eye, written by Toni Morrison, chronicles about a year in the life of an eleven-year-old girl from Ohio, Pecola Breedlove, who experiences feelings of rejection, inferiority and self-deprecation because of racism in their society. Toni Morrison thus presents the idea that America lives under a stereotype that suggests that to be accepted into a community, one must be what society considers beautiful, in this case, white. It was written in 1970 and is therefore considered part of contemporary literature that represents works written after World War II. In a country of approximately 308 million people, diversity is no stranger to the United States of America, especially when 30 million of them are foreign-born individuals. It is therefore not surprising that his literature is also so varied and evolving, although this has not always been the case. The early 1900s saw limited social and economic advancements, and as a result, this era greatly restricted the fashions and types of ideas that would eventually make it into print for readers. What was then classified as modern literature was best described by TS Elliot as impersonal. and objective. The type of writing that transcended the writer's objective and intellectual emotions in the way it referenced other works from recent and past eras. But in the years to come, faced with events such as the World Wars and Vietnam, readers yearned to become more involved in the immediate present. Mixed with the technological advances that followed, this postmodern direction in 1950s literature gave rise to new voices from many backgrounds, scenes, and identities who challenged old ideas and adapted their tradition to fit the milieu of the time. paper ......e with blue eyes is very traumatic for people who don't measure up, especially in a nation as diverse as America. Works Cited Morrison, Toni. The bluest eye. New York: Plume, 1994 “Toni Morrison”. Black Writers, a Selection of Sketches by Contemporary Writers (1989): 41 “Toni Morrison”. Magill's Survey of American Literature (1991): 1422-1428 "Toni Morrison." Notable Black American Women (1992): 770Petri Liukkonen. “Toni Morrison.” Kirjasto.com 2008. March 19, 2010. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tmorris.htm Wang, Charles L. “The Black Experience in America: Whiteness is Beauty, Blackness is Ugly…The Voice of 'a promised land... » GlossyNews.com. 2009. February 21 2010