The Dreams of Pecola Breedlove and Richard Wright
Keywords:
slavery, racial relations, childhood, Black Boy, Richard Wright, The Bluest Eye, Toni MorrisonAbstract
The paper introduces two child protagonists, Pecola Breedlove and Richard Wright, and analyzes and compares their difficult childhoods, influenced by the tragic impact of racisms and long-time effects of slavery.
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