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 abused to not fully
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purple Despite the odds women can overcome all obstacles. In the past‚ women have desperately struggled because they were be littled by men. They were thought of as ignorant beings that only knew how to manage housework. In The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker‚ sexism was interrelated in the novel. Throughout the story‚ several women were extremely mistreated by men. Their experiences were considered trivial because they were always subordinated to them. Through the collection of letters that Celie
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LOVELY BONES THE LOVELY BONES written by Alice Sebold is a story of a teenage girl who‚ after being raped and murdered‚ watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms that she is actually dead and she has to adapt to her new life in heaven. This novel is hauntingly and beautiful and it keeps you wanting to read on. I find Jack Salmon‚ Susie’s dad very interesting. I find that the author made him a very unique character. Jack
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The Development of Celie`s personality due to the Impact of other Women in the Novel The Color Purple “I`m pore‚ I`m black‚ I may be ugly and I can`t cook‚ a voice say to everything listening. But I`m here.” (p. 210) In the beginning of the book “The Color Purple”‚ the protagonist‚ Celie‚ is a ruined desperate woman. Her sole has been injured by her father`s violence‚ endless rules and orders‚ which she is forced to follow and ignorant indifferent people‚ who never show any concern for her
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Character Relationships with Celie-from “The Color Purple” Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” is a riveting‚ controversial novel about a woman named Celie‚ other African-Americans and the relationships between them that are either tested or brought closer together. Celie‚ a former slave‚ narrates this novel through her writing of letters to a person she loves and trusts the most‚ God. In these letters: Nettie‚ Albert and Shug are three dominant characters that surround and transform Celie’s life
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The Color Purple Alice Walker has a wonderful deception of many of the issues in the early 1900s. The book was an inspiration to a many who are in support of feminism‚ anti-racism and basic human rights. It goes beyond that‚ The Color Purple represents the bond between two sisters‚ the unbreakable bond‚ who prove to be stronger than any discrimination and greater than any distance. “I’m big… By the time I git back from the well‚ the water be warm. By the time I git the tray ready the food be cold
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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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How does Walker use language in the book "The Color Purple"? The book "The Color Purple" was written by Alice Walker and it is an epistolary novel. It narrates a story about a black female life back in the 1930s in the southern United States. The Color Purple is composed of letters written to God and it briefly summarize the story and hardship of the main character Celie. Alice Walker used very different styles of language for different characters in the book‚ which are Celie and Nettie. The
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who ask the girls to come with their shoulders covered the next time they wish to enter his store. This sparks Sammy to quit and to chase the girls outside where to his surprise are gone. Everyday Use is a short story written by American author Alice Walker. The story takes place in the late 1900’s in the south in a house that was rebuilt after it was burned down by a 1 Prado ferocious fire. The story stars Mama a big-boned woman with hands that are rough from years of physical labor that
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Some critics consider the portrayal of Black men “The Color Purple as unnecessarily harsh and brutal. Examine the depiction of the Black male in Walker’s novel. “The Color Purple” was written by the author Alice Walker‚ she won a Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for the novel. The novel describes that the American South during the first half of the twentieth century at a time when the South was segregated and women were limited in what choices they were able to make for themselves. Celie
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