A moving inspirational novel told in letters to portray how life was for African Americans‚ and especially women is The Color Purple. It is not about purple in no way at all; it is actually a difficult book to tackle‚ dealing with rape insest‚ explicit sex‚ sexism‚ and violence toward women and a lesbian relationship. Not only does it speak of women‚ but it tells of how there was a negative depiction of African American men during this time. The novel consists of letters written by the main protagonist
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The Color Purple‚ an epistolary novel‚ was written in 1982 by American Author Alice Walker. The epic tale was produced into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1985. The Color Purple is an American drama film about the life of an African-American woman who survives abuse and bigotry. The protagonist of the story‚ Celie‚ is a young girl who is abused and raped everyday by her own father. Her father‚ Alphonso‚ impregnates her and steals her children. He then marries her off to another abusive man by the
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main character is isolated from the rest of the characters in the story. Alienation can be caused by several things‚ such as abusive relationships 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
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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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Annotated Bibliography – The Color Purple by Alice Walker "Cultivating Black Lesbian Shamelessness: Alice Walker ’s The Color Purple." Literary Points of View . N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. . This review has great relevance to my research. It provides a detailed background into the historical aspect of this novel‚ and what the ideas‚ themes and issues this book talks about are based off of. This review talks about articulating sexuality and opposing salvation‚ but also how this
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English 102.013 11/13/09 The Power of a Female Relationship In the book The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker shows us different themes in the book. The one theme that stood out the most was the relationship between the sisters and friends that met along the way. Reading this book I have seen different types of relationships such as‚ motherly‚ sisterly‚ and also womanly. Walker refers to the relationship between Cecile and Nettie as a motherly relationship because when Cecile’s mother dies she feels
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powerful; you just need to know how to use your power appropriately. I agree with this quote because most people that are great are not the strongest. Instead they use what they have to become great. The quote can be seen in The Color Purple by Alice Walker. In The Color Purple‚ the protagonist Celie lives through a lot of conflict. For most of her life‚ she has been beaten by her stepfather and Mr.____. Her stepfather would beat her “cause he say I winked at a boy in church.” (Walker 5) Mr.____
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misery‚ become apart of life whether you’re willing to accept it or not. For those who have accepted such troubles‚ have also learned to cope with it one way or another. Antoinette’s character in "Wide Sargasso Sea" and Celie’s character in "The Color Purple" have both experienced problems with depression‚ loneliness‚ violence‚ inferiority‚ racism‚ and self-identity. It is important for such characters as Antoinette and Celie to express their emotions and have a method of working out there issues.
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Purple Book Blue Life “The Color Purple” written by Alice Walker‚ and published in 1982 won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1983. It illustrates the hardships and emotional trauma that came with growing up and living as an African-American woman. It also addresses many issues within american social culture and gender roles. The novel centers upon the growth and development of a girl named Celie. She was raped at 14 by her own father and then forced into a marriage with a nefarious apathetic older
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Copyright: Martina Diehl June 2012 The Color Purple: Consolation in Female Bonding Celie’s road to trusting and loving herself Abstract This essay is about the love affair in The Color Purple‚ a novel by Alice Walker in which‚ thoughts on racism‚ incest‚ rape‚ love and family affairs are provoked. The reader learns about these subjects through the letters that Celie‚ an uneducated black woman‚ writes to God and through the letters that her sister Nettie and Celie write to each other. I would
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