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Working thesis and points: In both The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and “my dream about being white” by Lucille Clifton, we see how young African American girls dream of beauty, how the beauty they dream of is white and socially constructed, and how they have to resist this dream to survive.

Block 1: The Bluest Eye

Topic sentence relating point 1 to story or The Bluest Eye: dream of beauty

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Topic sentence relating point 2 to story or The Bluest Eye: beauty is white

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Topic sentence relating point 3 to story or The Bluest Eye: must resist this definition of beauty to survive

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Block 2: “my dream about being white”

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Topic sentence relating point 3 to poem: must resist this definition of beauty to survive

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Working thesis: In both The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and “my dream about being white” by Lucille Clifton, we see how young African American girls dream of beauty, how the beauty they dream of is white and socially constructed, and how they have to resist this dream to survive.

POINT OF COMPARISON 1: dream of beauty

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POINT OF COMPARISON 2: beauty is white

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POINT OF COMPARISON 3: must resist this definition of beauty to survive

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