Literary analysis of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is a novel that chronicles the life of a young African-American girl, Pecola, growing up in the years following the Great Depression. The novel mainly recounts the experiences of Pecola, who undergoes challenges as she is considered ugly because of her, ~ SOURCE: Miner, Madonne M. “Lady No Longer Sings the Blues: Rape, Madness and Silence in The Bluest Eye . » In Conjuring: Black Women, Fiction, and Literary Tradition, edited by Marjorie Pryse.