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What is the primary theme of The Bluest Eye?

ARacism and beauty

BPolitical corruption

CLove and forgiveness

DAssimilation into white society

Answer:

A. Racism and beauty

Read Explanation:

The central theme of the novel is how racial self-loathing, particularly linked to ideals of beauty, destroys individuals like Pecola. The desire for blue eyes symbolizes internalized oppression.


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