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 * Rationale**: The overall rustic feel created by the worn and old-fashioned image is meant to relay the book's setting; the characters lived very simple lives with very little excess to be used on glamour, even if that was something they dreamed of. lt is also meant to convey that this book should be considered a classic, and while it can be risque in some areas it still comes together to form a meaningful book. The title is brightly colored to attract attention, this idea consumed their thoughts so I made the color very eye catching to ensure that it would not go unnoticed. Much like the rest of the poster, the title is not clean cut, because Toni Morrison did not state anything clearly in the book, everything had a hidden meaning and her writing style requires the reader to look deeply to understand. Another detail to notice is the canvas or worn effect, this was added to represent that this book is one that truly has a meaning and it should be read by many wto the point that it gets worn out, because it teaches many valuable lessons The doll that the girl is holding has blue eyes like the eyes that Pecola Breedlove dreamed of, and the doll is lighter than the rest of the poster to signify the beauty that Pecola thought she would have if only she had blue eyes like a white person.Toni Morrison's name is presented like a signature at the bottom of an artist's work to make the poster seem like a work of art as well as a vintage painting because a detail oriented movie poster with harsh lines and computer generated graphic would be out of place. Last but not least is the border, it is meant to be very vague. Just like in the book, the reader is led to look beyond what is at first noticed to see the true meaning.


 * Works Cited**

Davis, Stay. "Brookfield residents ask the board to drop book from curriculum". Newstimes.com. web. 24 March. 2013.   Davis summarizes different stances on the banning of  //The //  Bluest   // Eye //  by Toni Morrison. Brookfireld Board of Education member, Jane Miller supports the assigning of this book in the classroom and states "students in this class are bright and should be asked their opinions on the book" meaning she believes that these students are old enough to be exposed to this information and understand it without being overwhelmed in the sexual content of the text. Miller goes on to explain that if any parents are opposed to their child reading the book they can contact the teacher to have a change of assignment and their child will not be required to read that book. in opposition, Pamela Kurtz does not support the assigning of this book to high school students based on her personal experience with reading exerts from the book containing the rape of an eleven year old girl by her father. The teacher was also interviewed and reported that very few parents had any problem with the assigning of this book and those who did were simply reassigned to another book with little dispute.   Weldon, Tim. "How much parental control is too much parental control?". Knowledge Center. web. 24 March. 2013.

The parents of several New Hampshire schools sought out more control in their children's education. These parents succeeded in the passing of a bill that gives the parents the authority to veto any book they feel inappropriate and in some cases classes such as sex ed. Governor John Lynch vetoed the bill, due to the disruption it would cause in the classroom such distributions that could interfere with the teaching of other students. The bill would have given the parents the authority to remove their children from certain lessons, and Lynch stated that "the bill goes too far by giving parent veto power over every single lesson plan". Several parents in New Hampshire are still pushing further for changes to the bill in hopes that it will be passed in the future.

Marks, Molly. "High School Students Preform with Maturity". HudsonReporter. web. 24 March. 2013.

Marks describes the maturity she witnessed at the high school production of the musical "RANT". She described it as " a musical which deals with very difficult subjects such as death, drugs, AIDS, homosexuality, sexuality, and gender" which would normally be tough topic for high school students to portray with any class, but she goes on to describe the maturity that they presented during their production. This is one example of high school students coping with very grown up issues such as sex and handling it with class. She goes on to explain how these students had no problem conveying the script to the audience, even with the intensity of the topics. I would use this as a prime example of how high school students could handle sexual content with enough maturity to still comprehend the assigned content of many of the banned books.

Otago, University of. "How childhood family income affects adulthood". phys.org. web. 24 March. 2013.

In this study it was observed that generally, children who were raised in low income homes would not be very successful in their future education. It was also included that children from low income homes were less likely to gain power in adulthood, therefore setting them up to continue the cycle with their kids. The study founded that being raised in a low income home did not correlate with being involved in crime or having psychological problems later in life. This could be used to explain why Pauline did not make a better life for herself and accepted her life as it was instead of trying to change it.

U.S. Department of Education. "Family Involvement is Important". wate.com. web. 24 March. 2013.

This article discusses how parental involvement is generally overlooked when prediction a child's success. It states that children whose parents are involved have better attitudes and behavior as well as success in school. Simply being present in a child's life makes a big difference and this raises the question, "what happens when the parents are not involved?". This was very apparent in //The Bluest Eye// none of the characters had parents who were genuinely involved in their lives and this article could be used to support the argument that their lives were the way they were because of the lack of parental input from the beginning.