Cross Cultural Interview Who you met with and why you consider the person different? I met with Sofia Mitre. Sofia is a Mexican expatriate. She has lived in the U.S. for the vast majority of her life; however‚ she constantly travels to and from Mexico to visit family and to accompany her father on business trips. Although we both grew up in Austin‚ Sofia considers herself a visitor to the U.S. as a citizen of Mexico. She grew up in a household rooted in Mexican heritage while I grew up in a home
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Sofia’s suffering more poetic. Walker became an overnight success with The Color Purple (“Color”). Celie‚ the main character of the novel The Color Purple‚ and Sofia‚ a secondary character‚ both face harsh times throughout their lives due to racism. The two African American women are beaten and brought down within the novel. When Sofia finally gets to work in Celie’s store‚ after being criticized when at the stores prior due to blacks not being able to work in stores‚ it becomes a personal
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Women’s Friendship in Alice Walker’s... اﻷﺳﺘﺎذ- اﻟﻌﺪد ) ٣٠٢ ( ﻟﺴﻨﺔ ٣٣٤١ ﻫﺠﺮﻳﺔ – ٢١٠٢ ﻣﻴﻼدﻳﺔ ٢٠٣ The Color Purple Women’s Friendship in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple صداقة النساء في رواية اللون البنفسجي آللس ووكر زينب عبدالكريم مسير أ.م.د.كاظم جواد الزبيدي Zainab Abdul-Karim Musir Assist.Prof.Dr.Kadhim Jawad جامعة بغداد/ كلية التربية- ابن رشد/ قسم اللغة االنكليزية الملخص ة وﻗﺎﺼﺔ وﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ﻤﻘﺎﻻت وﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ة وﻨﺎﺸطﺔ اﻤرﻴﻜﻴﺔ. ﺘﻜﺘب ووﻜر ﻤطوﻻ ﻓﻲ اﻝﻤواﻀﻴﻊ ﺴﻴر ﺘﻌد اﻝﻴس ووﻜر
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living in this black community got mentally‚ physically‚ and sexually abused by their fathers‚ husbands‚ and other men. While this behavior remains very inappropriate and wrong‚ the women felt nothing could stop the men from their horrible actions. Sofia and Celie‚ two main characters in The Color Purple‚ had experienced pain and harm‚ especially by their husbands. Having a father who sexually and physically beat her‚ Celie had never had an easy life. Celie explains her incidents with her father in
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decision or thought against her rules she takes the decision to marry Imran whom she does not want to do. Sofia is a polite and soft-hearted lady. She started dreaming of Naim‚ thinking of him on every special occasion and she supposed to share this feeling with him. At that very moment she could realize that Naim still had the relation behind her and even he never thought to marry Sofea. Sofia controlled herself doing any odd reaction rather she blessed them from her heart and told: “May you both
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abuse from Alfonso and Albert is the main conflict she faces. Two characters that are different are Sofia and Celie. While Sofia has a fighting spirit‚ Celie does not and is a timid person‚ letting herself be abused by her peers. Sofia‚ on the other hand‚ does not allow this to happen‚ as shown when Harpo attempts to abuse her but fails. Another way that they are different is the fact that Sofia can resist even man and even defies the town mayor. Celie cannot do this and barely manages to survive
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The Power of Women Every country on earth is affected by a common issue – discrimination. Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things‚ especially in regards to race‚ age‚ or sex. Such an issue began to affect the world in the seventeenth century‚ and has continued till this day. African Americans were first targeted by the Caucasian race due to the significant difference within their skin tone. In the Colour Purple by Alice Walker‚ people are faced with
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told the counselor after she got home from work she found her little girl crying and upset because the boy touched her. Naomi asked Sofia what happen‚ Sofia said that Nathan touched her private parts and told her not to tell anyone because they will get into major trouble. The counselor asked Naomi how old is Sofia and Nathan? Naomi told the counselor that Sofia is seven and Nathan is ten. Naomi tells the counselor that she does not know what to do about the problem. She thought about calling
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a very controversial novel‚ which many people found to be very offensive. It is basically the struggle for one woman’s independence. The main character in The Color Purple is Celie a coloured woman with little or no education at all. She is one who has been used and abused by all the men in her life‚ and because of these men‚ she has very little courage or ambition in her life. She has so little courage‚ that all she wants to do is just survive. Through the various
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husband‚ is slightly different from others such as Celie’s and Mr. ___‘s. In Sofia’s relationship with Harpo‚ Sofia is the dominant partner‚ Sofia doesn’t let Harpo push her around‚ and when Harpo can’t even control Sofia and demand her to do what he commands‚ he goes to Celie for advice. Celie tells Harpo to beat Sofia into listening to him. Celie gives him this advice‚ not because she hates Sofia and wants to hurt her‚ but because that’s what Albert (Mr. ___) would do‚ and since Harpo is his oldest
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