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    Set during the early 20th century in the rural south‚ the novel‚ The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ portrays the life of a poor African American woman named Celie. Since being published in 1982‚ this novel was won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for Fiction‚ but is also considered highly controversial because of the references to sexual abuse and female empowerment. Throughout the book‚ the reader learns from the unexpected events that accumulate Celie’s journey to self-awareness

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    Literary Analysis Outline Title: Violence is Not the Remedy Introduction In Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple she uses violence to illustrate the main character Celie’s transition from being a weak character to a strong one. In the beginning of the novel Celie is abused physically and psychologically. Her father rapes and beats his children. Her father took her out of school at a very young age‚ due to pregnancy‚ which is why Celie has very poor english skills and is ignorant to the world

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    Background History and Context of ‘The Color Purple’ “The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife‚ -- this longing to attain self-conscious manhood‚ to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost... He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American...” (W.E.B. Du Bois) The African-Americans or the ‘Black Americans’ are members of those ethnic groups in the United States that

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    In the book “the color purple” by Alice walker she uses ironic devices to show that celie was abused mentally and physically. While she had endure the abuse it becomes worse as time passed and she felt hopeless in trying to protect herself. As shown in the book the main protagonist tells her story in a diary. In the Color Purple many ironic devices are used to show the true meaning of the book.The ironic that the author used are situational irony and symbolism. The situational irony plays a big part

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    I believe to express one’s thoughts and feelings is hard to developing a sense of self‚ Celie took so much abuse and couldn’t do nothing about it makes her so strong. They would do celie so wrong so many times was horrible‚ I can’t believe her own step father abused her and raped her. The abuse to women is horrible and their needs to be a big change or a very bad consequences. Girls who are raped or abused really have no chance to stop it they can’t fight against a grown man he is too

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    "classics" for books that are treasured by those who have read and loved them; but they are treasured no less by those who have the luck to read them for the first time in the best conditions to enjoy them‚" stated Italo Calvino. The novel "The Color Purple" written by Alice Walker is suggested to be a classic book‚ for it’s reflect on the social conflicts‚ its writing structure and the complexity of the plot. Celie being the protagonist and narrator is face with many struggles from being rape and

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    Purple America America was in its prime in the 1920’s. A time of many drastic changes‚ 1920’s Americans enjoyed a booming economy‚ a prosperous and wealthy upper-class society‚ and general international and national peace. For African Americans; however‚ the 1920’s meant facing economic struggle‚ racial prejudices‚ and gender stereotypes. In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple‚ the main character Celie experiences many boundaries within the workforce‚ domestics‚ and society of the 1920’s. Through many

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    the abuse patriarchy make a person reshape through the Silent of their Voice The Color Purple by Alice Walker portrays a black woman who starts off in the narrative as a powerless object and who later on becomes a woman with a strong identity. In setting of the novel is in the early 1900‚ Jim Crow is the time. Black women were treated poorly by whites and by the black men within their community. In The Color Purple‚ Walker demonstrates the woman as an object treated badly by whites’ society and

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    Explore the theme of communication between letters 61-70 of ‘The Color Purple’ Throughout the novel‚ Walker emphasizes the ability to express one’s thoughts and feelings through different forms of communication. From the beginning‚ there is an educational barrier between the audience and Celie due to her lack of education. This is increased when Nettie’s letters are introduced‚ as her style of writing. Walker uses the novel’s epistolary (letter-writing) form to emphasize the power of communication

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    Since “ The color purple” is about black people‚ racism is often seen. It has come to the point where Celie thinks she is ugly just because of the color of her skin. Also‚ the mayor’s wife goes to Sofia to ask her if she would like to become her maid and sofia responds by saying “ Hell no”. The mayor slapped sofia because of how she

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