Sexism In The Color Purple
What is tragedy and triumph in Alice Walker “The Color Purple”? It all starts with aggressive behavior at home. Aggressive behavior is behavior that causes physical or emotional harm to others, or threatens to. It can range from verbal abuse to the destruction of a victim's personal property. People with aggressive behavior tend to be short-tempered, thoughtless, and fidgety. Yet, while the term infers a regular picture of abuse, we must understand that individual cases of aggressive behavior at home continuously vary. The Color Purple is a Pulitzer-winning novel by Alice Walker, relates to how a poor Black lady's long lasting battle with abusive and sexism behavior at home. The novel unravels in a Georgian farmhouse among the mid-1900s, where
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Celie's dad painfully assaults her appearance, progressively crushing her self-interest. For instance, when he says, "You've got the ugliest grin this side of creation, (The Color Purple movie)” she takes a look at the ground and covers her mouth in humiliation. Celie was taught to feel horrible, she naturally covers her mouth with her hand to cover a grin or other symptoms of feelings. I believe mistreated women feel fidgety about their appearances. In addition to you crushing her self-interest you pond her off to an abusive …show more content…
She stares specifically at him, and in an extremely controlled way says, "You a lowdown dog is what’s wrong. I say. It’s time to leave you and enter into the Creation. And your dead body just the welcomed mat I need (Walker 199)." Celie's comments describe that she has never felt a private bond with Albert. "In this way," Eisikovits clarifies, "she finds herself able to build up a manageable separation from spiteful occasions and handle them with reasonably, which would be unimaginable in personal relations". As Celie leaves, Albert pulls his clench hand back to hit her. Accordingly, she raises her hand and smoothly says, “Anything you do to me, already done to you (Walker 207).” Furthermore, Celie now feels open to express her thoughts and feels abundant about the
Celie's dad painfully assaults her appearance, progressively crushing her self-interest. For instance, when he says, "You've got the ugliest grin this side of creation, (The Color Purple movie)” she takes a look at the ground and covers her mouth in humiliation. Celie was taught to feel horrible, she naturally covers her mouth with her hand to cover a grin or other symptoms of feelings. I believe mistreated women feel fidgety about their appearances. In addition to you crushing her self-interest you pond her off to an abusive …show more content…
She stares specifically at him, and in an extremely controlled way says, "You a lowdown dog is what’s wrong. I say. It’s time to leave you and enter into the Creation. And your dead body just the welcomed mat I need (Walker 199)." Celie's comments describe that she has never felt a private bond with Albert. "In this way," Eisikovits clarifies, "she finds herself able to build up a manageable separation from spiteful occasions and handle them with reasonably, which would be unimaginable in personal relations". As Celie leaves, Albert pulls his clench hand back to hit her. Accordingly, she raises her hand and smoothly says, “Anything you do to me, already done to you (Walker 207).” Furthermore, Celie now feels open to express her thoughts and feels abundant about the