“To be kind to all‚ to like many and love a few‚ to be needed and wanted by those we love‚ is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” -Mary Stuart. The most important theme that Alice Walker empathizes time and time again in The Color Purple‚ is having happiness in life. Because in the story Alice Walker has Celie go through many obstacles throughout the whole book. Having her go through a roller coaster of emotions from being sad in the beginning‚ to all the way to the end of the book
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Life in Southern America as we know wasn’s the easiest in the past‚ where the patriarchy ruled and women found themselves under appreciated. kind of left at the mercy of men. Some chose to fight back and stand for themselves‚ but most ended up lost as slaves to their husbands. Celie clearly belonged to the second group. In such tough life‚ she always was a follower‚ she never stood up for herself. A total opposite of that‚ belonging to the 1st group‚ was Shug. Celie first came across to know Shug
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Alice Walker an award winning womanist‚americanist‚and civil rights activist has accomplished overnight success with “The Color Purple” and “Women.” Both reflecting black females rights and Alice Walker’s southern childhood struggles. “The Color Purple” takes place in the segregated harsh south between 1910 and 1940. Walker remakes the humiliating and devastating discriminatory laws outcomes and uses americanism to achieve white and black interaction across the united states. Born in Eatonton Georgia
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‘’The theme of Identity is crucial in The Color Purple’’ The theme of identity is central to the novel ‘The Color Purple’ as it is part of the journey and the creation of the main character ‘Celie’. Her character’s journey is what the reader becomes attached too‚ enforcing the ideas that are therefore presented throughout the novel. Walker had some very strong ideas present‚ such as the subversion of stereotype‚ inspiration for African-American citizens‚ relationships and family; all of which
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Samad 1 Jacquline Samad Professor Brown History 106 25 April 2011 The Color Purple Film Critique The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberge that centers around the story of a poor southern‚ Black woman‚ Cellie Harris who overcomes years of racism‚ sexism‚ and physical/verbal abuse from the men in her life like her own father and husband. As she lives her life as a slave to her husband‚ she meets two strong black women along the way that gives
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The Color Purple was written in the epistolary form‚ which means it was constructed in a series of letters addressed to a person. I believe The Color Purple was written in this approach for a certain purpose; to convey a personal outlook into the life of Celie. This style of writing was notable in the 18th and 19th‚ and Alice’s Walkers use of it has been acknowledged for the resurrection of this type of novel. In using this technique‚ the author is free to establish deep relationships with those
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In my bildungsroman‚ or coming-of-age novel‚ The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ the protagonist‚ Celie‚ develops psychologically throughout the book by facing painful times in order to find the road to self-discovery. Even with her lack of education‚ further into the novel‚ Celie begins to mentally grow and realize that she is not an object to be walked all over nor to be pushed around. From the age of fourteen years old until she was in her mid or late forties‚ Celie let herself be abused and mistreated
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Healing and liberation through bonding and sisterhood Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is about African-American women in America during the early twentieth century. During this time‚ gender stereotypes were prevalent‚ women were not only oppressed by white males‚ but by black males too. At the end of the book‚ women stand up for themselves‚ fighting against all odds to break free of the yoke of oppression. Walker narrates how Celie grew up being sexually abused by her stepfather‚ Alphonso. As an
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The color purple has many examples of how poorly black women were treated. Black men had control over black women because‚ they didn’t do much about it. Alice Walker gives many examples of how black women were untreated and how they were abused by black men. Throughout the novel “The Color Purple” gives many examples of how black women felt in their lives. According to Celie she felt used‚ betrayed‚ abused‚ disgusted‚ she was not feeling like herself. Celie’s mother was a very ill women. She was
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Finding Your Voice The Color Purple is a novel written by Alice Walker‚ which was published in 1982. The story takes place around the 1910s-1940s. It follows a young girl Celie as she grows up and all the challenges she has to face. The book is written through letters. The letters begin by being addressed to god but as Celie finds out her sister Nettie is possibly still alive she begins to write to her instead. The main recurring theme in this novel is having a strong voice and sticking up for yourself
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