Alice Walker’s The Color Purple chronicles the lives of African-American women living in the deep American South during the 1930s. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia‚ the novel addresses the many issues that plague black women‚ especially their exceptionally low status in the social culture. Walker cleverly tells the story of two sisters‚ Celie and Nettie‚ through a series of letters and diary entries. Celie‚ a poor‚ uneducated young woman‚ has been sexually abused by the man she believed was
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Over the Summer‚ I read the book “The Color Purple” Written by Alice Walker. This book is written in the form of letters‚ which is also referred to as an epistolary. The series of letters are written by the main character Celie‚ and all of her letters are addressed to God. The story of the Color Purple is primarily about Celie’s life‚ which starts out extremely rough. She is raped and abused by her Pa‚ her mother dies‚ and there is also a man instructed in marrying her sister. But‚ her Pa refuses
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is without a doubt that teachers are an important part of a someone’s life‚ whether a child or a young adult‚ teachers are always there. A teacher has an impact on the person a child becomes‚ and also the person a child strives to be. The movie Freedom Writer is an inspiring story that throughout the film‚ Mrs. Erin Gruwell managed to be different as a commendable teacher‚ careless of the difficulties that surround her learning environment. She was fresh-faced‚ idealist and was ready to take on the
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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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The Color Purple By Alice Walker‚ and the movie The Color Purple‚ directed by Steve Spielberg‚ are stories about love and the survival between two sisters. The obstacles that the sisters have to face are very life risking Primary Differences: 1. Characters: With regards to the basic turns of the plot‚ the film is pretty faithful to the novel. However‚ when it comes to the complexities of the characters‚ the film sells the novel short. The film presents things in a very black and white manner
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Freedom Writers is a 2007 American drama film starring Academy Award winner Hilary Swank‚ Scott Glenn‚ Imelda Staunton and Patrick Dempsey. It is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach‚ California. The title is a play on the term "Freedom Riders"‚ referring to the multiracial civil rights activists who tested the U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the desegregation of interstate buses in
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the healing power of writing a series of letters‚ addressed to God first‚ and then her sister. Through her writing‚ she discovers her true nature and the woman that she was supposed to be in her own life. Alice Walker writes her story‚ The Color Purple‚ as an epistolary novel. An epistolary novel is a book that is in the form of letters‚ written by the main character. In this case‚ it is written by Celie‚ the main character who is living in Georgia in the 1930’s.
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As much as I can say‚ it was interesting‚ as a member of one of the minorities that make up the population of the United States‚ to watch *** movie‚ Freedom Writers. In fact‚ this movie delivers a great message to those who take the risk to watch a controversial movie that criticizes our society and how we treat others‚ mainly because they (those we critice) look different that usn . In fact‚ this risk we take cannot be compared to the risks the people shown in this movie take. First of all‚ Jaime
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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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like in the story The Color Purple‚ or poor leadership such as the story‚ Lord of the Flies‚ in which both protagonists were alienated by their own people. In the book‚ "The Color Purple"‚ Celie‚ the protagonist‚ is alienated by most of the important men in her family. It causes her to be very passive and defenseless. She is aware that people see her as a weakling. Her sister‚ Nettie tells her to fight back‚ but she thinks fighting is useless as she quotes‚ "I think about Nettie dead. She fight
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