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    The Color Purple By Alice Walker‚ and the movie The Color Purple‚ directed by Steve Spielberg‚ are stories about love and the survival between two sisters. The obstacles that the sisters have to face are very life risking Primary Differences:  1. Characters: With regards to the basic turns of the plot‚ the film is pretty faithful to the novel. However‚ when it comes to the complexities of the characters‚ the film sells the novel short. The film presents things in a very black and white manner

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    The purple rose of cairo takes place in New Jersey around the 1930’s during the depression. Cecelia is a waitress in her town‚ unfortunately that doesn’t last long. Feeling sad about losing her job Cecelia gos to the local movie theater to watch “the purple rose of cairo” to find some happiness in her somewhat drab life. Tom Baxter is a secondary character in the movie‚ although to Cecelia’s surprise he walkes of the screen into her life. He declared she leave her husband and explore the world with

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    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 a

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    The Five-Paragraph Essay A Framework for Expository Writing Different Kinds of Writing  We write for fun. We write letters‚ stories‚ jokes‚ and to share information with our family or friends.  Most school writing‚ however‚ is expository writing and fits into a different category. The purpose of most expository writing is to communicate ideas or answer questions. Expository Writing  Gives information about a topic  Explains ideas  Gives directions  Shows how to do something

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    SCIENCE HOW DOES COLOUR AFFECT PLANT GROWTH? AIM To find out if colour affects plant growth‚ and if plants are adaptable to the colour of light‚ and how much light it gets. INTRODUCTION For this Science assignment‚ I chose to find out if the colour and amount of light a plant receives‚ affects plant growth. Light is electromagnetic radiation that comes in waves‚ the basic units of which are called photons. Plants use light to turn carbon dioxide into sugars necessary for growth‚ a process called

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    In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple‚ many emotions are evoked within the story. Many themes and character qualities are suggested through the use of symbolism. One of the most prominent symbols utilized within this story is the allegory of color. Walker uses different colors to illustrate various moods and the personality themes of certain characters. One may find it interesting to discover that these colors are sentiments about the way people in the novel are represented. In the story‚ Celie

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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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    Take this test: you’re driving along and notice a chestnut dairy animals‚ how would you react? Presently assume the dairy animals is purple‚ will your reaction vary? Odds are that seeing a purple bovine will make you sit up and pay heed. Seth Godin utilizes the purple-bovine representation to underline the significance of seeing things in an unexpected way. It’s not really new that‚ while a few individuals see fate and unhappiness‚ others see blue skies and opportunities proliferating. A whole

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    Throughout Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple the character Albert experiences the most change in moral development. The change that Albert experiences is caused by other characters. Albert undergoes change through change occurring to Celie in her views of herself. Celie tells Shug Avery that she is beaten by Albert "for being me and not you"(Walker 75). Albert treats her badly for being a women and not thinking more highly of herself. Whenever she’s called ugly she just listens to it

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    Annotated Bibliography – The Color Purple by Alice Walker "Cultivating Black Lesbian Shamelessness: Alice Walker ’s The Color Purple." Literary Points of View . N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. . This review has great relevance to my research. It provides a detailed background into the historical aspect of this novel‚ and what the ideas‚ themes and issues this book talks about are based off of. This review talks about articulating sexuality and opposing salvation‚ but also how this

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