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    whether it is to express an opinion or a choice. Nonconformity often results in punishment‚ sometimes physical‚ and‚ more damaging‚ emotionally and psychologically‚ at the hands of what is supposed to be a loving spouse. Alice Walker’s novel‚ The Color Purple‚ is a bold illustration of such a role. It demonstrates how women are forced to conform to whatever society deems that they should

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    Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is a heart-wrenching novel that portrays a young girl‚ Celie‚ as a child wife living in the South struggling with the ability and knowledge of standing up for herself‚ mental and physical abuse‚ and the pain of not being loved and cared for. This story takes place during the early 20th Century in rural Georgia. During this time period‚ women were told only to serve others‚ to fulfill the interests of men rather than their own‚ given limited opportunities‚ and seen

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    Throughout The Color Purple‚ and Memoirs of a Geisha‚ Alice Walker and Arthur Golden respectively present the struggle individuals face to establish self-empowerment within oppressive societies. Both authors explore the degrading effects that marital relationships have on individuals by setting their texts in a society where mostly everyone conforms to the presented social expectations that women cannot depend on themselves. It is also made apparent by Walker and Golden that due to gender stereotypes

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    Those who were oppressed often were cruel and mistreated others in an attempt to take control. These layers of abuse resulted in marital and family conflicts. Women‚ especially‚ were the victims of this abuse. Due to the mistreatment‚ the women often are forced to find different ways to deal and cope with the oppression. Alice Walker examines these layers of abuse in marital and family relationships on a young African American woman forced into an abusive marriage in her book The Color Purple. It is

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    Although I have never been runing for my life or trying not to catch a highly contagious disease that has no cure I can relate to your book very well. When Thomas exapted WICKED I was happy. When Thomas and his friends were getting attacked by the cranks my mood turned from happy to scared. My mood turned to mad when the group Right Arm kidnaped Thomas‚ Brenda‚ and the others. Your book’s main character is so similar to me although I have never had to run for my life When I was young I would always

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    Runner is the book I recommend more than The Color Purple by Alice Walker for incoming 9th Grade Honors students.The Kite Runner shows very emotional story of friendship‚ family‚ mistakes‚ and love. It was a very interesting book which caught my attention and drew me in. Although The Color Purple was a book about a less fortunate‚ uneducated‚ African-American fourteen-year-old girl who comes across struggles in her life so‚ began to writes letters to God to help and guide her. I don’t recommend this

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    The characters in The Color Purple are beautifully crafted with unique personalities and backgrounds. Some are detestable‚ while others are lovely‚ but all go through a period of self-reflection and development. Celie As an adolescent‚ Celie is a victim of rape and abuse by her father‚ Alphonso. This is evident when she says “He [Alphonso] beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church. I may have got somethin in my eye but I didn’t wink. I don’t even look at mens. (A. Walker‚ 5)” Her father

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    “The Color Purple”‚ helps the author portray how society was during this time. The main conflict brought up in “The Color Purple” is based on the society’s views of gender‚ race‚ and ageism. The American society in the south was heavily one-sided on these topics‚ as the author describes in this book. Women during this time are looked down upon and unappreciated. Females are seen as objects that should cook‚ clean‚ and have babies for their husbands. The majority of relationships between husbands

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    Now imagine what life would be like if you never saw or heard from them again. This is what happens to Celie‚ the main character in the novel The Color Purple written by Alice Walker and the movie The Color purple directed by Steven Spielberg. The novel The color purple was published in 1982. The story is told through letters written by Celie to God. The only sentences outside the letters are the first two “You better not never tell nobody. It’d kill your mammy.” The story follows Celie throughout

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    THE CLASH OF GODS There is a colossal difference between the gods of mythology and the almighty God of the Bible. The difference so vast that there are entire written books on the division. But there are three main distinctions. There are three flaws that easily show the difference between the mythological gods and perfect God‚ Adultery‚ peace and war‚ and the appearance of the human race. Adultery is a prevailing theme in mythological literature. Jupiter is the king of the gods and has the best

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