Abstract

The Bluest Eye and Sula are the earliest two growth novels of Toni Morrison. The two protagonists Pecola and Sula’s destinies are influenced by many elements and these elements form their special characteristics and different growth experiences. This paper is to discuss these elements including the analysis of white dominance, sexism, family, friends and black community environment which cause Pecola’s self-destruction and Sula’s self-resistance, and it is conducive to black females to find out a solution to build a harmonious black society in the white mainstream society and solute the realistic problem about how to make black culture remain perfectly.

 Key words: self-destruction; self-resistance; black females; white dominance 

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1 Introduction-1

2 Literature review-1

3 Pecola's self-destruction-2

   3.1 Analysis of Pecola's self-destruction-3

   3.2 The influence of white dominance and sexism-4

   3.3 The influence of Pecola's family and friends-5 

   3.4 The influence of black community-7

4 Sula's self-resistance-8

   4.1 Analysis of Sula's self-resistance-8

   4.2 The influence of white dominance and sexism-9

   4.3 The influence of Sula's family and friends-10

   4.4 The influence of black community-11

5 Conclusion-12

References-14