The Color Purple By Alice Walker

Feminist Analysis of The Color Purple by Alice Walker In Alice Walkers The Color Purple, we have the narrator, Celie, writing letters to God talking to Him about what is going on in her life. The setting of the story takes place in the state of Georgia where Celie, the main character, plays the role of a typical feminine stereotype throughout the novel. Celie is dominated by the male role and does everything they tell her to do. The bullying starts right inside her home so she feels like it is normal for a man to treat a woman the way she was treated. Celie’s father, Alphonso, took advantage of her more than once in the beginning of the story. He raped her and impregnated her with two kids which he “killed or gave away”. Throughout the book, we see the way Celie and others around her are treated based on this stereotype and how change is developed towards the end of the book.
He rapes her twice and she gets pregnant those two times. We read that it seems that Alphonso killed the first baby and sold the second one. Alphonso sees Celie as ugly, that when Nettie, Celie’s sister, comes home with Mr. ____ to ask for her hand in marriage, Alphonso tells him no and offers Celie instead. Saying that she will do everything you tell her too and is very good with kids. When Celie marries Mr. ___, she gets abused by him both sexually and physically. When Harpo, Mr. ____ sees him doing this he believes it is normal for a man too hit a woman and treat her wrongly. We see that Celie lets this go on for a long time because she believes it will keep her alive. Until she meets other women that help her change her perspective and do something about