What is a LETTER TO THE EDITOR? Letters to the Editor are found in newspapers. They are written by members of the public‚ as opposed to newspaper staff‚ and give somebody’s opinion about a current issue. Letters to the Editor have a similar structure to other persuasive forms of writing‚ like an essay. Salutation Opening Statement Opinion/Hypothesis Argument Argument Argument Conclusion Personal Details 1. Letters to the Editor start with a SALUTATION‚ usually ‘Dear Editor’ or ‘Dear Sir/Madam’.
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The dead-ended street She stood in the middle of the street‚ where the wind washed on the sighing pavement with a hollow sound at midnight. Her empty eyes saw straight through the bleary neon lights flickering on and off the street signs. She looked and saw nothing‚ gulping in cleansing‚ scouring draughts of air. Her hair whipped around her face‚ and the world was reduced to fragments and blurs‚ spots and smudges of something unreal. A train whistled through the air behind her‚ silent as a
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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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“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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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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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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A life of abuse‚ sexual exploitation‚ and social exploitation is what young uneducated Celie encounters in Alice Walker’s ¨The Color Purple¨. Without knowing her true genealogy poor vulnerable Celie is left to write letters in her idiosyncratic english to her god who she feels is the only person that might heed to her plight for help. Though all the mistreatment Celie still yearns to find love to heal and strengthen the broken community of which the story takes place. Though the growth that Celie
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1) Five major issues explored in purple hibiscus are; domestic violence‚ oppression‚ religion‚ education and love. 2a) Adichie uses a narrative point of view to explore the theme of domestic violence. The book is narrated in the first person by a 15 year old who is directly affected by domestic violence. Because of her young age she is quiet honest and this allows her to paint a great picture to the audience of the brutal abuse that Eugene bestows upon his family. This is as a result of her sensitive
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Essay Throughout the book “The Purple Hibiscus” abuse and tyranny are portrayed by Kambili’s father Eugene‚ who is both evil and loving‚ both benevolent protecter and emotional terrorist. He is strong in his faith and believes that no wrong must go unpunished‚ no matter how severe. He doesn’t seem to notice the negative effect it has on his family. Abuse‚ whether psychological or physical‚ where as in this case both‚ can destroy a person emotionally and mentally. They might even go as far as
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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 due to sex and ethnic origin which contributes to their position in society but as the story developed‚ many are able to break
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