WITHIN THE FAMILY IN ALICE WALKER’S ‘THE COLOR PURPLE’. Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9‚ 1944) is an American author‚ poet‚ and activist who is known for the various essays and poems on race. Among all her works‚ she is best known for the Pulitzer prized literary work titled The Color Purple. The Color Purple reveals the brutal reality of imposed feminine stereotypes and the terrible effects of a male dominated society. Through a powerful first-person account‚ Alice Walker is able to tell the
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Issues of Adversity “That which cannot kill me can only make me stronger”. With Reference to the quote‚ the colour purple (3 characters) and 3 other sources of supplementary text‚ write an essay. Adversity is unfortunately‚ an aspect of life which can hardly be avoided. Some people experience different types of adversity‚ whether it is physical‚ emotional or psychological‚ in any case‚ people experience adversity on different levels and to various extents. Although some experiences are harsher
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Throughout The Color Purple‚ Walker realistic shows the many strong connections and loyalties the characters have with one another. One strong bond that is shown throughout the book is between Celie and her sister Nettie. They always had a strong bond‚ even when Celie feared that Nettie was dead because they did not hear from each other for a long period of time. In one of Nettie’s letters to Celie‚ she wrote “But God‚ I miss you‚ Celie. I think about the time you laid yourself down for me. I love
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In my bildungsroman‚ or coming-of-age novel‚ The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ the protagonist‚ Celie‚ develops psychologically throughout the book by facing painful times in order to find the road to self-discovery. Even with her lack of education‚ further into the novel‚ Celie begins to mentally grow and realize that she is not an object to be walked all over nor to be pushed around. From the age of fourteen years old until she was in her mid or late forties‚ Celie let herself be abused and mistreated
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In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple‚ many emotions are evoked within the story. Many themes and character qualities are suggested through the use of symbolism. One of the most prominent symbols utilized within this story is the allegory of color. Walker uses different colors to illustrate various moods and the personality themes of certain characters. One may find it interesting to discover that these colors are sentiments about the way people in the novel are represented. In the story‚ Celie
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Alice Walker’s The Color Purple From reading the extract from The Color Purple‚ the reader is shocked almost straight away from how the character/narrator (who in this case is the author Alice Walker) is treated and brought up by her father. The way in which the story is told is in the form of letters and a kind of diary addressed to god as she is told "You better not tell anybody but god it’ll kill your mammy". The reader can almost sense that this was written and was never expected to be
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In The Color Purple by Alice Walker the lack of courage and bravery that Celie had to leave several of her abusive relationships is clearly the allegory for America even today. The text emphasizes the conflicts/factors that greatly influenced Celie’s decisions mainly in staying in the abusive relationships she was in for the great amount of time they lasted. Walker uses an abundance of violence throughout the book which mostly revolves around women such as Celie beat to try to get her point across
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examples were found in switched up roles like Celie sewing pants for her living‚ all this leading up to Celie and the Mr.___ sewing and smoking cigars out on the porch; sewing‚ a woman’s job‚ and smoking cigars‚ a more stereotypical male action. Alice Walker‚ the author‚ was attempting to persuade that men and women should do what they are good at and what they like to do rather than worrying about which role they are supposed to
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female growing up in a prejudiced time period‚ Alice Walker lived through cruelty and isolation. After finding her voice and standing up for herself‚ Walker was able to confront the challenges life presented. Her experiences led to accomplishing extraordinary things like becoming an author. In one of her novels‚ The Color Purple‚ Walker creates Celie‚ the main character‚ to demonstrate her beliefs in women’s rights and equality for all. Alice Walker uses characterization and point of view to illustrate
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The color purple demonstrates the feminist struggle one woman over comes. Limitations placed for not only being a woman but being an African American woman enhance the severity of Celie’s battles against society. Celine faces multiple demeaning challenges that cause her to become very passive around others. She was raped at least twice by her own father‚ and had two children which were stripped from her arms and sold at a very youthful age. Celine later is raped again by her husband who her father
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