Fortissimo

The way Morrison constructs The Bluest Eye is reminiscent of an architect. Each expression has a special meaning. Like every single brick in the foundation for a skyscraper, every word has been placed purposefully, which is to do its job and achieve its goal.

"His hatred of her slimed in his stomach in his stomach and threatened to become vomit...his genitals, giving it length, and softening the lips of his anus," (Morrison 162). The way Morrison uses vowels and constants to create such a breathtaking degree of verisimilitude is astounding. Morrison describes the Breedlove's household so well that one can't help from feeling the hopelessness and despair created by their living conditions. Morrison gives the reader chills when describing the icy home, and is able to make her readers' breath stale when imagining the "flecks of black" that the Breedloves had for dinner.

Cholly's thoughts and feelings seem so realistic that it's not like the readers are there with Cholly, but rather are Cholly. The reader feels and despises the "lust" of a powerless, abusive alcoholic; while feeling the "tenderness" of a powerless, abusive alcoholic trying to make up for his actions to his family.

Morrison explains Pecola's entire complex with a simple movement. The simple yet "quiet and pitiful" gesture of Pecola scratching her leg show that she is a lost child. Unable to do even the simplest of motions with confidence, Pecola's constant shifting of her weight show that she is  unhappy with her current conditions, but she continues to wash the dishes like an obedient child would, because she is hopeful that her life will change for the better. It's awe-inspiring how much one can learn about another, in so few words.

And perhaps the most beautiful, admirable and disgusting display of Morrison's power as a writer is her development of Cholly, which is so excellent, it has the reader sympathize with Cholly for what he did to his daughter.