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    The Color Purple by Alice Walker depicts the life of an African American woman in rural Georgia and her journey through self-actualization. The narrator‚ Cecile‚ writes letters to God‚ then her sister‚ Nettie‚ about the tribulations she faces at home. Although she is not proficient in the English language and speaks in black dialect‚ she knows writing to God is her only form of expression. In the end‚ with the help of Shug Avery‚ Cecile overcomes adversity while discovering herself and gaining a

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    “To be kind to all‚ to like many and love a few‚ to be needed and wanted by those we love‚ is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” -Mary Stuart. The most important theme that Alice Walker empathizes time and time again in The Color Purple‚ is having happiness in life. Because in the story Alice Walker has Celie go through many obstacles throughout the whole book. Having her go through a roller coaster of emotions from being sad in the beginning‚ to all the way to the end of the book

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    Feminism in the 1960’s Feminism in the 1960’s has paved the way for women of today. The National Organization of Women created laws to benefit women in 1968‚ the Women’s Bureau made the workplace a fair environment and National Association of Women Lawyers gave women the fair chance to excel in a male dominated career. Even though the feminist movement in the 1960’s had minor setbacks‚ the National Organization of Women provided the foundation for feminism‚ the Women’s Bureau extended a helping

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    Celie‚ the protagonist from The Color Purple‚ written by Alice Walker‚ develops greatly throughout the story. The story takes place in the 1900’s in the south. Celie endures many hardships throughout her life and she has never fought for herself until she was influenced by other women in her life. When the reader first meets Celie she is fourteen years old by the end she is at least sixty. Celie had many women who influenced her throughout the story‚ her sister Nettie‚ her friend Sofia‚ and the

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    Finding Your Voice The Color Purple is a novel written by Alice Walker‚ which was published in 1982. The story takes place around the 1910s-1940s. It follows a young girl Celie as she grows up and all the challenges she has to face. The book is written through letters. The letters begin by being addressed to god but as Celie finds out her sister Nettie is possibly still alive she begins to write to her instead. The main recurring theme in this novel is having a strong voice and sticking up for yourself

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    Introduction Women in religion are so often swept away by the more prominent achievements of the male members of their order. This does not mean that these women did not play a formative role in their religion‚ but their stories are often unrecorded or ignored and their contributions are devalued. It is easy to believe that this is isolated to one religion that we might feel particularly uncharitable towards‚ however my research has shown that this happens in almost all religions around the world

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    The Color Purple was written in the epistolary form‚ which means it was constructed in a series of letters addressed to a person. I believe The Color Purple was written in this approach for a certain purpose; to convey a personal outlook into the life of Celie. This style of writing was notable in the 18th and 19th‚ and Alice’s Walkers use of it has been acknowledged for the resurrection of this type of novel. In using this technique‚ the author is free to establish deep relationships with those

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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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    The Color Purple In The Color Purple there was a very common theme‚ which was strong female relationships and how much power they bring. Throughout The Color Purple‚ the author‚ Alice Walker‚ recognizes and acknowledges the role of strong female relationships‚ whether it’s between a country‚ or a family‚ or a friendship. These relationships in The Color Purple often helped women build up the courage to tell their stories. In result it granted the women with the strength to resist dominance and/or

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    like empty bottles of alcohol and ash trays.
Her room also didn’t comply with typical feminine ideas at the time because it was described as messy and also had an empty bottle of alcohol and a full ashtray. This didn’t go along with the typical roles of women because they were expected to be clean and sensible.
She has a very masculine way of speaking‚ it’s very to the point. She also uses colloquial words like “c’mon”
On the first page she refers to the person in her bed as “the blond” which is

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