Americans‚ and especially women is The Color Purple. It is not about purple in no way at all; it is actually a difficult book to tackle‚ dealing with rape insest‚ explicit sex‚ sexism‚ and violence toward women and a lesbian relationship. Not only does it speak of women‚ but it tells of how there was a negative depiction of African American men during this time. The novel consists of letters written by the main protagonist‚ Celie‚ that she has written to God. Celie is a poor black girl living in
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Over the Summer‚ I read the book “The Color Purple” Written by Alice Walker. This book is written in the form of letters‚ which is also referred to as an epistolary. The series of letters are written by the main character Celie‚ and all of her letters are addressed to God. The story of the Color Purple is primarily about Celie’s life‚ which starts out extremely rough. She is raped and abused by her Pa‚ her mother dies‚ and there is also a man instructed in marrying her sister. But‚ her Pa refuses
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Purple Book Blue Life “The Color Purple” written by Alice Walker‚ and published in 1982 won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1983. It illustrates the hardships and emotional trauma that came with growing up and living as an African-American woman. It also addresses many issues within american social culture and gender roles. The novel centers upon the growth and development of a girl named Celie. She was raped at 14 by her own father and then forced into a marriage with a nefarious apathetic older
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Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and The Color Purple by Alice Walker prove this quote true. Throughout The Lovely Bones‚ a family struggles with the dreadful murder and rape of a family member. The book demonstrates how the family only got stronger with the passage of time. Their success in moving forward in life regardless of their encounter with such an evil act emphasizes the victory of good over evil. In addition to The Lovely Bones‚ the book The Color Purple clearly displays the brutality two sisters
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English 102.013 11/13/09 The Power of a Female Relationship In the book The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker shows us different themes in the book. The one theme that stood out the most was the relationship between the sisters and friends that met along the way. Reading this book I have seen different types of relationships such as‚ motherly‚ sisterly‚ and also womanly. Walker refers to the relationship between Cecile and Nettie as a motherly relationship because when Cecile’s mother dies she feels
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The Color Purple In The Color Purple there was a very common theme‚ which was strong female relationships and how much power they bring. Throughout The Color Purple‚ the author‚ Alice Walker‚ recognizes and acknowledges the role of strong female relationships‚ whether it’s between a country‚ or a family‚ or a friendship. These relationships in The Color Purple often helped women build up the courage to tell their stories. In result it granted the women with the strength to resist dominance and/or
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The phrase‚ “Gold‚ God‚ and Glory” are a representation of the three reasons that European powers had to expand their colonial empires. Gold represents the vast wealth in literal gold and silver that was believed to be in Africa and the New World‚ and it also represents the vast wealth made selling highly coveted spices from Asia back in Europe. God represents the conversion of people outside Europe to Christianity along with the continuation of the crusades. Glory represents the prestige and power
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In the novel‚ The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ identity is fluid among the female characters namely Celie‚ Shug‚ Sofia and Squeak. Their identity is influenced by a lot of factors such as their own thoughts‚ culture‚ personalities‚ and other people. Likewise‚ in a real setting‚ people are influenced by several factors too. People affect one another and it is inevitable. At some point‚ people find their true identities through other things and not by the self. This article explores on the female
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The Color Purple Literary Analysis “He laugh. Who you think you is? He say. You can’t curse nobody. Look at you. You black‚ you pore‚ you ugly‚ you a woman. Goddam‚ he say‚ you nothing at all.”(Walker 206). With these words‚ Celie in Alice Walker’s‚ The Color Purple is told by her husband how worthless she is to him. Alice Walker analyzes The Color Purple as a tool to educate today’s young women about gender inequality in the 1900’s. She portrays this message through the main character‚ Celie
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main character is isolated from the rest of the characters in the story. Alienation can be caused by several things‚ such as abusive relationships like in the story The Color Purple‚ or poor leadership such as the story‚ Lord of the Flies‚ in which both protagonists were alienated by their own people. In the book‚ "The Color Purple"‚ Celie‚ the protagonist‚ is alienated by most of the important men in her family. It causes her to be very passive and defenseless. She is aware that people see her as
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