- The Bluest Eye is a novel by Toni Morrison, published in 1970. It tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young African American girl who suffers from racism, poverty, and abuse in her family and community. She believes that having blue eyes would make her beautiful and happy, and she becomes obsessed with this idea. The novel explores the themes of race, beauty, identity, and trauma in the context of the American society in the 1940s.