The African American man from a womanist perspective with reference to Toni Morrison’s "The Bluest Eye"

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This paper explores the representation of the African American man in Toni Morrison’s novel ‘The Bluest Eye’ from a womanist perspective, by analyzing the male characters.

Toni Morrison includes her male characters in the discussion of gender in ‘The Bluest Eye’.

They are portrayed as victims of various forms of oppression, racism and classism, instead of narrowly judging them as oppressors of women.

Through the provision of details of her male characters, Morrison gives different dimensions to depict the African American man.

The womanist interpretation is adequate to read the portrayal of the African American man presented in ‘The Bluest Eye’.

The researcher uses the descriptive analytic approach to examine the text under discussion, ‘The Bluest Eye’.