How does Walker use language in the book "The Color Purple"? The book "The Color Purple" was written by Alice Walker and it is an epistolary novel. It narrates a story about a black female life back in the 1930s in the southern United States. The Color Purple is composed of letters written to God and it briefly summarize the story and hardship of the main character Celie. Alice Walker used very different styles of language for different characters in the book‚ which are Celie and Nettie. The
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Don’t underrate it.” Here Aunt Lydia as well as the Gilead society argue that the women should be thankful that they are now granted freedom from sexual harassment from strangers and this ‘protection’ should make up for all the women have lost‚ the fact that they have to endure sex slavery and the horrifying rules of Gilead. The Gilead’s society at first seems to use religion to define all aspects of life and define women as a nation resource. The truth is the entire structure of Gilead‚ including its
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The foundation of the Christian faith was strongly built on love. From the beginning‚ Christians are taught about God’s love for his creation‚ and are told that discipleship is the best way to mirror it. The Color Purple‚ however‚ illustrates a false idea of what it means to be a Christian‚ and what it means walk like a disciple. Christianity is often inaccurately represented‚ if represented at all‚ by some of Christ’s followers‚ thus true Christians must forefront God’s love in their own lives‚
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Men feel the need to incite a sense of dominance over submissive women. Alice Walker utilises Albert and Harpo to depict abusive and indecisive qualities displayed by men in her highly acclaimed novel‚ The Color Purple. Albert is initially introduced as this mysterious man who has taken interest in the protagonist Celie’s‚ little sister Nettie. He is initially referred to as “Mr ___” (4) throughout most of the novel to symbolise Celie’s indifference towards him and her refusal to accept their marriage
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The Color Purple (1985) Quotes Celie: [on leaving the farm in Shug’s car‚ shouting to Albert] I’m poor‚ black‚ I might even be ugly‚ but dear God‚ I’m here. I’m here. Celie: [lunging towards Albert with a knife] I curse you. Until you do right by me everything you think about is gonna crumble! Sofia: Don’t do it Mrs. Celie. Don’t trade places with what I been through. Shug: Come on‚ Celie‚ let’s go to the car. Sofia: He ain’t worth it‚ he ain’t worth it. Albert: Who you think you is? You can
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Analysis of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple “No one is exempt from the possibility of a conscious connection to All That Is.” Alice Walker explores this quote through the story of Celie. Just like the color purple‚ the truth‚ no one is exempt from. No one can run away from the truth. It is inevitably inescapable. Starting off in a rather harsh setting‚ Celie starts off her story at the time she is raped for the first time by her own father. Rather straight forward‚ Walker captures her reader’s
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The Development of Celie`s personality due to the Impact of other Women in the Novel The Color Purple “I`m pore‚ I`m black‚ I may be ugly and I can`t cook‚ a voice say to everything listening. But I`m here.” (p. 210) In the beginning of the book “The Color Purple”‚ the protagonist‚ Celie‚ is a ruined desperate woman. Her sole has been injured by her father`s violence‚ endless rules and orders‚ which she is forced to follow and ignorant indifferent people‚ who never show any concern for her
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Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is a heart-wrenching novel that portrays a young girl‚ Celie‚ as a child wife living in the South struggling with the ability and knowledge of standing up for herself‚ mental and physical abuse‚ and the pain of not being loved and cared for. This story takes place during the early 20th Century in rural Georgia. During this time period‚ women were told only to serve others‚ to fulfill the interests of men rather than their own‚ given limited opportunities‚ and seen
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The Color Purple movie‚ depicted from a novel of the same title by Alice Walker‚ is a strong and encouraging movie set in 1930s in the countryside of Georgia. The movie centers around a young teenage girl named Celie. Celie is an uneducated African-American girl‚ who out of despair began writing letters to God after she was physically abused and raped by her father. She then becomes pregnant‚ but her father takes her babies away from her and then coerced into marrying an abusive man‚ Albert‚ whom
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Proposal for delivery of culturally competent services "The Color Purple" Team D BSHS/422 April 23‚ 2012 Jennifer Brennan Proposal for delivery of culturally competent services "The Color Purple" The Color Purple is a story set in the 1900s about an African American Culture of people who endured hardships involving sexual and physical abuse‚ and gender related oppression‚ at a time when Black people were free yet still feared and segregated. The main characters of the story are: Celie
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