The Bluest Eye: Structural ElementsIn The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison uses structure as an aid in telling her story. To this end, it uses at least three unique structural devices. First, Morrison begins the novel with three passages that prepare the reader for the shocking story that is about to be told. Second, the novel is divided into four main parts, with each quarter named a season. Third, the novel is divided into seven sections which are headed by part of the passage which begins the novel. The three passages that begin The Bluest Eye seem like they come from an elementary school textbook. They describe the life of a family in identical terms, but they differ in punctuation, capitalization, and spacing. The first passage is normal in all these aspects: Here is the house. It's green and white. There is a red door. It's very pretty. This is the family. Mother, father, Dick and Jane live in the green and white house. They are very happy. See Joan. She has a red dress. She wants to play. Who will play with Jane?The second passage lacks punctuation and capital lettersHere is the house it is green and white it has a red door it is very pretty here is the family mother father dick and jane live in the green and white house they are very happy to see Jane, she has a red dress that she wants to play, who will play with Jane. The third passage is missing everything --- punctuation, capitalization and spacing. According to Herbert Rice, “what appears on the page is literally a chaotic collection of letters” (19): Here is the house is green and white with a red door, it is very pretty, here is the mother of the family, the father Di Kandjane, who lives in the green and white house, they are very happy to see Jane, she has a red dress that she wants to play with... middle of paper ...... have some parallels in their lives: both are looking for someone to play with them, and both find the answer in a friend, although Pecola's friend is imaginary. The Bluest Eye is an innovative novel whose touching and captivating story could not have been told without Morrison's unique structural devices. One such tool is the use of seasons to break up the narrative and give an interesting twist to the order of events. Perhaps the most unique structural element is the first three passages that begin the novel. The first passage presents a model household to which the other families in the novel are compared. Finally, an equally innovative structural element is the use of lines running from introductory passages to major subsections of the novel, illustrating the vast differences between the mythological world of Dick and Jane and the reality of black family life..