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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