During their first gathering‚ Deke and Bailey hit it off and decided that for now on they will discuss the book via email before going to their club meetings. They meet every week on Tuesdays at 7:00 P.M.‚ and their newest book is called “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker. To: Bailey From: Deke Subject: Violence Before we go to our club meeting on Tuesday‚ I feel as we should research Alice Walker to get a better feel for her and her works. According to Encyclopedia Britannica‚ Alice Walker was
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As one of the more important characters in Alice Walker’s captivating novel‚ The Color Purple‚ Shug Avery as an individual‚ is probably the most interesting characters of them all. Her character captivates all of the reader’s attention and holds onto it. There are many things about Shug that we‚ as readers of the novel‚ aren’t sure about. Things that we wonder about‚ make assumptions and theories about‚ but will never quite know the answer. Many a things she says and does that makes us wonder. One
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down the characters in The Color Purple.Overall‚ the novel depicts hidebound ideals of gender roles in respect to their position in society. The effects of the discrimination by sex is further enhanced by the ethnicity of the characters in the novel; which‚ goes hand in hand with their economic status. The characters of the novel where at the bottom of the social ladder; which‚ contributed to the behavior and problems between marriages and different races. The Color Purple is marinated in prejudice
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Motivations: The reason Celie is quiet‚ tries to be invisible and does not stand up for herself is because the way she is treated. Celie is constantly told she is ugly‚ worthless and was abused by her stepfather Alphonso and then by her husband Mr. (Albert). “But I can let you have Celie… She ugly. He say. But she ain’t no stranger to hard work. And she clean. And God done fixed her. You can do everything just like you want to and she ain’t gonna make you feed it or clothe it (Walker 7-8).” “He beat
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because of its violent plot and harsh language‚ one who understands it recognizes that these characteristics are only used to fit the time period‚ which is during the Great Depression. Undeniably‚ Of Mice and Men‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ presents literary merit and should remain in the high school curriculum. Admittedly‚ the novel shows the mistreatment of minorities; however‚ the characters that Steinbeck has created exhibit the value of friendship. Particularly‚ the main characters‚ George Milton
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Alice Walker is an American author and poet. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She was the youngest of eight children‚ born in 1944 in Eatonton‚ Georgia‚ in the Deep South of the United States. When she eight‚ she was wounded in the eye by a shot from a BB gun fired by one of her brothers. This accident blinded her in one eye. As a result‚ she became more shy‚ thoughtful and studious; this is when
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The Color Purple is organized into letters towards God and focuses on the life of the oppressed‚ abused Celie. Celie feels she cannot talk to anyone but God about the events occurring in her life. This is her way of expressing herself when she is unable to speak to anyone about it. c. Tone- I feel the author’s tone towards The Color Purple is dark and gradually becomes more positive when Celie decides to change. In the beginning‚ the author expresses this depressing and dark tone by describing Celie’s
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The Color Purple When Alice Walker‚ the author of the novel The Color Purple‚ was younger she got shot in the right eye by a BB pellet and ever since then she has been self-conscious about the “visible mark.” In The Color Purple the main character Celie believes she is ugly‚ and only good for working on a field and taking care of the children. I believe how Celie sees herself relates to how Alice has seen herself in her personal life. In the book‚ Celie falls in love with Shug who is seen as a beautiful
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“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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Walker’s Purple is Not Just a Color Alice Walker’s epistolary novel The Color Purple demonstrates how the mistreatment of a woman cannot prevent her from fulfilling her destiny. The protagonist and narrator of the novel‚ Celie‚ is a young‚ uneducated black girl who is verbally and sexually abused by her supposed father‚ Alphonso. He fathers two children with her‚ kidnapping both and presumably killing one‚ if not both. Because of the unwarranted trauma‚ she struggles for the rest of her life
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