The Bluest Eye - Narrative Structure

The narrative structure of any piece of literature is very crucial as it gives the reader a detailed sequence of events that unfold the work's resolution, climax, plot, etc. Moreover it allows readers to view how characters perceive the world around them, thus allowing readers to make connections in the story as well being kept fascinated by how the story progresses. In Toni Morrsion's novel, The Bluest Eye, Morrsion evokes a very unique narrative structure that at times may seem confusing but really pinpoints the true being and purpose of the actions and events presented. For instance in the opening introduction of the novel readers find out the inevitable fate of Pecola and this portrays a sense of dramatic irony in which readers know the outcome or fate of an event or character. What this concept does is, it allows the reader to become intrigued toward the happening of this event, how it came to be, what caused it, and who played a part in this outcome. In another sense Morrison plays the novel out in a numerous sequence of events that help unfold the true being of characters; therefore in the novel she portrays their past, to give further understanding of who they are in the present. For example we look onto two characters, Pauline and Cholly Breedlove. Their stories are told in flashbacks and this allows readers to develop sympathy for the characters; even though we may still despise them we are willing and able to accept their behavior and actions in the present for the purpose of plot progression and interest. However before knowing the true reason for why characters act the way they do the author will provide suspense to keep the readers on the edge of their seats, thus allowing them to have heightened senses for whats to come. In respect to Morrison there are similar authors or directors (in this case) that all use unique narrative structures to evoke the plot of their story. For instance we can take a famous action film director such as Quentin Taratino and identify they way he uses the concept of a narrative structure to create his movie, Pulp Fiction. Similar to Morrsion, Taratino uses the concept of dramatic irony to express an event in the film that moviegoers are exposed to in the opening of the film. He then begins to shows how the movie has progressed to such an event. Moreover Taratino also uses a unique visual form of story telling to express how numerous character landed in different sequences in the film; therefore similar to Morrsion, Taratino is using flashbacks to express why characters act as they do and how they engaged themselves into different scenes and events within the film.