The Color Purple Tone Analysis
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 experiences and her feelings of worthlessness. Nettie, her sister, is the only person she has loved and Celie believes she is dead. The tone becomes light when the author introduces Shug Avery. When Shug enters Celie’s life, she nurses her back,
to health and begins to learn her self-worth and how to view the world differently.
d. Dialogue- The author uses improper dialogue throughout The Color Purple showing lack of education of Celie and the people in her life. Using slang and improper language the author can put the reader in the shoes of Celie, a black uneducated woman of the South. It is clear her sister Nellie has received education by the dictation she uses in the letters she writes to Celie. This shows the difference in the two sister’s education due to their different lives that they live.
e. Imagery- An example of imagery in this novel is literally the color purple. Shug Avery explains to Celie that God is angry when people do not acknowledge and appreciate the color purple, or the beauty of the world. Shug helps Celie discover the meaning of the color purple and to appreciate all the good aspects in her life that God created. Celie later decorates her room in all purples and reds when she is learning to love and appreciate life.
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 experiences and her feelings of worthlessness. Nettie, her sister, is the only person she has loved and Celie believes she is dead. The tone becomes light when the author introduces Shug Avery. When Shug enters Celie’s life, she nurses her back,
to health and begins to learn her self-worth and how to view the world differently.
d. Dialogue- The author uses improper dialogue throughout The Color Purple showing lack of education of Celie and the people in her life. Using slang and improper language the author can put the reader in the shoes of Celie, a black uneducated woman of the South. It is clear her sister Nellie has received education by the dictation she uses in the letters she writes to Celie. This shows the difference in the two sister’s education due to their different lives that they live.
e. Imagery- An example of imagery in this novel is literally the color purple. Shug Avery explains to Celie that God is angry when people do not acknowledge and appreciate the color purple, or the beauty of the world. Shug helps Celie discover the meaning of the color purple and to appreciate all the good aspects in her life that God created. Celie later decorates her room in all purples and reds when she is learning to love and appreciate life.