Finding Your Voice: An Analysis of The Color Purple “Who do you think you is? he say... Look at you. You black‚ you pore‚ you ugly‚ you a woman. Goddam‚ he say‚ you nothing at all.” (187) Alice Walker‚ the author of The Color Purple‚ focuses on the struggles of a poor and uneducated African American girl‚ who is verbally‚ physically and sexually abused by several men in her life. She feels worthless and becomes completely submissive. Her only way to express her feelings is through private
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The changing role of Women in the 1920’s from a photograph taken from a 1928 US fashion magazine This source is a picture of four women dressed in flapper dresses (shorter dresses that showed off more of their body). In this source I have recognised that these women may be dancing the Charleston. This could have also been danced to jazz music. This source tells us that women weren’t accompanied by men anymore (without chaperones); this gave the impression that they were single and could whatever
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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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In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple‚ the reader follows Celie‚ a young African American girl‚ as she reveals the hardships of her life through her written testimonies to god. Celie’s ability to move beyond the abuse of Pa and Mr.______‚ into a life created by her relationships and ambitions highlights how it takes courage to change one’s identity because of the past. Celie‚ a 14 year old girl‚ is demeaned by her father‚ Pa‚ from the beginning of the novel; either by rape‚ or stripping her of her
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In the novel‚ The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ identity is fluid among the female characters namely Celie‚ Shug‚ Sofia and Squeak. Their identity is influenced by a lot of factors such as their own thoughts‚ culture‚ personalities‚ and other people. Likewise‚ in a real setting‚ people are influenced by several factors too. People affect one another and it is inevitable. At some point‚ people find their true identities through other things and not by the self. This article explores on the female
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the world women have often been subjected to fewer rights and to a lower social class than that of men. In most societies the traditional role of the woman was the role of wife‚ mother‚ and caretaker. Women endured this type of prejudiced behavior since the dawn of time until the first women’s movements began to develop during the 1800’s in the United States and Europe. These women’s movements are often referred to as feminist movements or feminism. The development of feminism in the 1800’s was a very
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Feminism‚ one of the biggest parts of American history. It started all the way back in the 19th century and has continued to change and shape america ever since. There have been three (or for) “waves” of feminism‚ as they are called. The first one to really be represented in media at a large scale was the third wave. This opportunity for feminism to be planted into media gave women the chance to show people what it is like for them‚ but now on the big screen. one such movie that falls perfectly into
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in scope. Although initially a singular endeavor‚ rooted in social and political considerations aimed at establishing gender equality‚ feminism is now a series of separate disciplines with a myriad of definitions and connotations; indeed‚ it has transformed into a powerful cultural movement that has spawned so many ideological branches the plural form of “feminisms” is now appropriate. Without a doubt‚ the feminist movement has fundamentally shifted the direction of American society in virtually
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men are oppressed‚ it’s a tragedy. When women are oppressed‚ it’s tradition." (goodreads.com) Women’s roles have changed quite a bit since the olden days. Women have received more rights‚ such as‚ the right to vote. Women have also travelled into the work field and can now do jobs that were considered a “man’s” job. Also women have joined together and became activists. Roles of women have changed drastically over the last decades in order to get to where women are now; this can be seen most prominently
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You must submit to your husband‚ you must let him talk first and wait to put your input in until he has gotten settled in the house‚ and you must be ready for whatever his needs are; the roles of women in the 1800’s. In the play A Doll’s House author Henrik Ibsen wrote about a married couple named Nora and Torvald their relationship from the start had readers very uncomfortable and feeling emotions towards their dynamics. Nora shows that she has a secret side by going behind Torvalds back and getting
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