Use of Comparative Description in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye After reading The Bluest Eye a second time, I noticed something about the nature of Morrison's prose. The term I heard most frequently to describe the book is beautiful. The first chapters seem incredibly realistic and incredibly beautiful to me. The fact that Morrison can give a scene where Claudia vomits on herself a rosy, nostalgic hue, and still manage to convey a sense of realism, is a testament to Morrison's skill with words. The language is certainly beautiful, a sort of sensual prose, almost bordering on poetry. I also believe that Morrison's style of descriptions is a key to understanding the main underlying theme of the novel, which is the association of rockets...