How Does Alice Walker Use Ethos In The Color Purple

In The Color Purple by Alice Walker the lack of courage and bravery that Celie had to leave several of her abusive relationships is clearly the allegory for America even today. The text emphasizes the conflicts/factors that greatly influenced Celie’s decisions mainly in staying in the abusive relationships she was in for the great amount of time they lasted. Walker uses an abundance of violence throughout the book which mostly revolves around women such as Celie beat to try to get her point across. Walker uses frequently uses ethos by using Celie’s life as a primary example as it shows how she struggled for many years in abusive relationships until she realized that her life could be so much more and deciding to have the courage to finally
Walker uses all these techniques of persuasion to motivate women and men into fighting for themselves or at least getting help when dealing with such traumatic experiences such as abusive relationships because it will make things easier to cope with if they have somebody by their side. People in abusive relationships such as the ones Celie experienced do take a toll on the victims so it is important to get as far away as possible from one and seek help immediately. Abusers will continue to harass their victims if they see that they do nothing to try to fight them off so people have to realize that being in an abusive relationship is not healthy in any way so there is no reason to let themselves be affected by one. Some people might argue that abusive relationships are not a relevant problem in society when in reality they are as 1 in 4 women suffer from domestic violence and 1 in 3 men suffer from it too. Abusive relationships are not always easy to get out of but people need to realize that the power of having a better and joyous life is ultimately in their