The Color Purple And Felice From Woman Hollering Creek

Synthesis Quiz #2
Being yourself and happy to be yourself is what makes a person resilient. Resilience is staying strong to yourself regardless of outside influences. The characters Sofia and Celie in “The Color Purple” and Felice from “Woman Hollering Creek” are all characters that have displayed the characteristics of resilience. Resilience makes a person whole and strong. It allows them to sustain any situation that may come their way. Resilience is what ultimately makes the barrier between surviving and truly living.
Celie is resilient before she found her voice and after she found her voice. Celie thought she had to be quiet and submissive to Mr.. She was satisfied at the time. She thought that submission was the only way to live. She
Sofia was originally falling apart in jail. The white folks who beat and arrested Sofia took her resilience away. For the time Sofia was in jail, she did not have any resilience. She was weak not strong. Former amazon Sofia was feeble worn and broken. Even though Sofia was in this state, she would not be torn forever. Sofia is a Phoenix. Even though she may not be in the ashes of prison during the very same eleven and a half year sentence she would start to rise. When Billy, the mayor’s son, was playing with his sister, the ball fell near Sofia. When Billy crudely shouted at their maid, Sofia, to pass the ball to Sofia, she verbally back by saying “she is here to watch not throw” (Walker 100). As Billy comes to kick Sofia, She trips him on her leg. This is Sofia‘s first act since her incarceration to gain her resilience. Sofia is a very interesting character in Walker’s The Color Purple. Sofia seems to be portrayed as a beastly bully that is ready to beat up anyone that glimpses her path. This is far from the truth. Everything that Sofia has done was defensive. When Mr. attacked Sofia with her being out at the club when she should’ve been with her six kids and being a pregnant unmarried woman, she responds and verbally defends herself. When squeak and the mayor slaps Sofia, she physically responds by giving them the beating of a lifetime. When Sofia defends herself, she does so to the
She is not presented as a dynamic character in any capacity. Also Felice does not change in Cisneros’ short story, regardless she is the a epitome of resilience. For Cleófilas, the story’s protagonist, Felice serves as a living example of resilience. Felice owns the truck that she drives, provides for herself, and is free to live her own life. She does not to fill the feminine stereotype of being an over-reliant, baby-making, homemaker in anyway. Felice is strong because she is free and that is why she is resilient. Felice’s resilience comes from her lifestyle. She does not fling herself into finding a man to take care of all her needs, but takes care of herself because she knows that she’s capable. Every woman is capable of taking care of herself to some extent. Many women believe that they are unable to be there own independently strong person. The mind is powerful. Powerful enough to create barriers when they are not present physically. Felice is mentally strong because she does not let the societal obligation of submission to eliminate her independence. Felice is preserving her resilience by just living her life as the independent wonderful woman she