The Bluest Eye, Dick and Jane

This insertion is used at the beginning of the story to prepare the reader for what it to come in the story. Having the Dick and Jane part lets us know that the story is going to be told from a child’s perspective. In Dick and Jane we see how the child wants her family and pets to play with her and explains their reaction to her suggestion. This helps the reader see her thoughts and feeling through her own view which is a child’s point of view. In The Bluest Eye we see how this insertion relates to what Claudia is explaining about her life and her family. We are reading about her perspective as child and how she notices how adults really do not acknowledge a child’s opinion or suggestion. In this story we get to see her side and witness the same feelings she is going through. Dick and Jane compares to Claudia because we see how having a happy home/environment does not mean that the actual person in the home is actually happy.