Graphic details throughout the book

    I heard in class that the graphic details throughout "The Bluest Eye" made people "uncomfortable" and we're "awkward to read". However, I think that these details are necessary for this book.
   Throughout the novel, the author is trying to seem transparent by writing in a fashion that is extremely honest in order to show the struggles that people were facing. The graphic details provide a transparent way of representing the things that women were facing at the time. I think that the author may even be purposely trying to make readers feel a little bit uncomfortable in order to truly represent how gruesome the situation was at the time. By making readers uncomfortable, the author is also interfering with our emotions and almost making the book difficult to read; just as the reality of the situation is difficult to face.
    Although I do understand that the graphic details provided in the book can be hard to read, I think people must understand that it is an important part of the representation of the racism and sexism that was going on at the time. It is almost ironic that people often don't even think about these kinds of issues or choose to read about them because it makes them uncomfortable, even though this is the reality. Even now, sexism and racism are still issues, especially in developing countries ( many in the Middle East). When I first started reading "The Bluest Eye", I was also skeptical about why the author found it necessary to include such graphic details, as it often made readers uncomfortable. however, now I realize that she is most likely doing so on purpose in order to convey the harsh reality that these people were facing.