Women and Nature: Naturalization of Female in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

Abstract

This research analyzes Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye from ecofeminist perspective. It foregrounds the dominated and marginalized state of nonhuman nature and female. It also focuses on the female identity and criticizes the definition made by patriarchal society toward women and nonhuman nature. The activities of Pecola reflect the relationship of women toward ecology. Similarly, the struggle of Frieda and Claudia to save the baby of Pecola also throws light upon relationship between women and ecology. The life of the main protagonist is linked with the life of nonhuman nature. Pecola suffers lot in her society as the nonhuman nature like cat and dog. They both can't go away from their society to save their life. Frieda and Claudia try to make their identity though they belong to the same society where Pecola lives.