Books · 1969
Here is the house. It is green and white. It has a red door. It is very pretty.
— Toni Morrison • The Bluest Eye
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The passage describes a house through short statements, naming its colours and calling it pretty. The simple sequence gives each feature clear emphasis. Read on its own, it presents an orderly, approving picture of a home, without telling us anything about the lives within it.
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