"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison,

Toni Morrison was born February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. Her parents are George Wofford and Ramah Willis Wofford. Toni Morrison grew up in a constantly poor town. After high school Morrison attended Howard University. She received her degree in 1953 and then went on to Cornell University for her masters in English, which she received in 1955 (Toni Morrison 583).         Morrison taught at both Texas Southern University and Howard University. While teaching at Howard University she met Harold Morrison, …

…the baby would be all right and it wasn't. Claudia and her sister exemplify the theme here, because there was no way they could help Pecola, it was out of their desperation that they prayed and prayed that the baby would be all right.         The theme throughout the book The Bluest Eye was that desperation leads to hopelessness. Toni Morrison uses several characters in the novel to illustrate to the readers what the theme was.