The Bluest Eye Sexual Abuse Essay

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In today’s world you hear a lot about abuse wither it is on the news or witnessed first-hand. “While the reported number of sexual abuse cases may be 80,000 or less, the estimated rate of child sexual abuse is much higher due to the lack of reporting.” (Tracy) It is a growing issue and for all we know abuse could date back since the beginning of time itself. Abuse can happen pretty much anywhere we are at wither it’s at the store or in the confines of your own house. Let’s face it can happen to any one of us and I think that is one point Toni Morrison was trying to get across when she wrote The Bluest Eye. In Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye there are multiple forms of abuse the one that stuck out to me the most was sexual abuse. Sexual abuse has multiple effects on many different people in Pecola’s case she was a child and one major effect it had on her was her sanity.
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Even if the offender is the victims’ own father, a complete stranger, or even their best friend the family will have to address it sooner or later. As I stated earlier Pecola is raped by her own father Cholly twice. Everyone in town knew that Cholly was an alcoholic and probably the both times he raped Pecola his own daughter he probably was drunk. The first time the sexual abuse occurs the victim is in shock and usually becomes almost paralyzed. (Trobank) In Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye that actually happened to Pecola when she was raped by Cholly aside from her fainting. The shock and paralysis is probably why Pecola fainted in the first place. Back in the 1940’s there probably was no help hotline to call after you were sexually abused if there was Pecola probably would have never lost her

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