Soaphead Church's "gift"
Title
Soaphead Church's "gift"
Subject
The Bluest Eye
Description
Elihue Micah Whitcomb, also known as Soaphead church, is a preacher turned "spiritualist and psychic reader." Soaphead is visited by Pecola, who asks him for blue eyes. In exchange for giving her blue eyes, he tricks her into poisoning his landlady's elderly dog.
Creator
Toni Morrison
Source
The Bluest Eye
Contributor
Kennedi Ford
Citation
Toni Morrison, “Soaphead Church's "gift",” The Museum of Fictional Literary Artifacts, accessed May 14, 2024, https://mfla.omeka.net/items/show/330.