All 3 Uses of
confront
in
The Bluest Eye
- And since he was too diffident to confront homosexuality, and since little boys were insulting, scary, and stubborn, he further limited his interests to little girls.†
Chpt 4
- But the subject required too much truth, too many confrontations, and offered too little support to a failing ego.†
Chpt 4
- The reader is thereby protected from a confrontation too soon with the painful details, while simultaneously provoked into a desire to know them.†
Chpt 6 *confrontation = an argument or a hostile situation
Definition:
to deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person
or:
to challenge someone -- often by presenting evidence
or:
to challenge someone -- often by presenting evidence