in many ways. Alice Walker‚ author of The Color Purple‚ shows the violence put on the African American race and women during the early twentieth century. Walker demonstrates life during these hard times and how some things still haven’t changed; making the violence and harm inflicted on the black community a major theme of the story. The stereotype of violence inflicted on and in the black community‚ clearly shown through the characters in The Color Purple‚ helps achieve the author’s educating purpose
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pivotal role in main characters as they progress and mature throughout the plot and development of the story. In the epistolary classic‚ The Color Purple‚ author Alice Walker documents Celie’s experience from cruelty by her Georgia neighborhood‚ the people most closest to her‚ and the societal structure that impacts each of the characters. After being sent to marital consent by her stepfather‚ Alphonso‚ without her will‚ the fragile protagonist engages in friendships with powerful-minded women‚ including
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In “The Color Purple”‚ Shug Avery has a positive impact on Celie. This empowers Celie to become independent and confident. The author describes the positive impacts when Shug meets Celie during her illness and develops a strong friendship with her. Shug is an independent and strong woman. These are two qualities Celie does not posses. However‚ when Shug is introduced in the novel‚ she influences Celie to become a more independent woman. Shug helps Celie with her mental problems‚ which has been an
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Feminist Analysis of The Color Purple by Alice Walker In Alice Walkers The Color Purple‚ we have the narrator‚ Celie‚ writing letters to God talking to Him about what is going on in her life. The setting of the story takes place in the state of Georgia where Celie‚ the main character‚ plays the role of a typical feminine stereotype throughout the novel. Celie is dominated by the male role and does everything they tell her to do. The bullying starts right inside her home so she feels like it is normal
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This resulted in her getting kicked out of Mr. ___’s house. In order for Celie
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In the literary works‚ The Color Purple‚ Woman Hollering Creek‚ and Seventeen Syllables‚ the characters of Nettie‚ Cleófilas‚ and Mrs. Hayashi experience similar impediments via patriarchal dominance in their cultures that limit their ability to move outside restrictive gender roles. In The Color Purple‚ Nettie‚ an educated black woman from the south‚ who travels to Africa to become a missionary‚ highlights the sexual oppression that links African Americans and the African Olinka. The two worlds
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Walker’s Purple is Not Just a Color Alice Walker’s epistolary novel The Color Purple demonstrates how the mistreatment of a woman cannot prevent her from fulfilling her destiny. The protagonist and narrator of the novel‚ Celie‚ is a young‚ uneducated black girl who is verbally and sexually abused by her supposed father‚ Alphonso. He fathers two children with her‚ kidnapping both and presumably killing one‚ if not both. Because of the unwarranted trauma‚ she struggles for the rest of her life
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"Over my dead body Celie is coming with you to memphis. What’s wrong witchu" You’re nothing but a piece oh shit on the bottom of my shoe‚ thats whats wrong. I’m leaving with Shug and getting away from you. Your’e a dirty rat and your dead body is just the welcome I need to leave you. You might have been a half way decent man if your father raised you right. You know that Nettie was all I had and the only one that loved me and you took her away from me. Your’e nothing but trash for doing that to
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During their first gathering‚ Deke and Bailey hit it off and decided that for now on they will discuss the book via email before going to their club meetings. They meet every week on Tuesdays at 7:00 P.M.‚ and their newest book is called “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker. To: Bailey From: Deke Subject: Violence Before we go to our club meeting on Tuesday‚ I feel as we should research Alice Walker to get a better feel for her and her works. According to Encyclopedia Britannica‚ Alice Walker was
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Three Messages in The Color Purple: Standing Up‚ Helping Others and Taking Charge The novel‚ The Color Purple is so important. It is all about growth‚ and change‚ and making a difference. Sofia‚ Shug‚ and Celie are all making a difference in the world‚ even though they don’t know it. These courageous women are standing up for each other‚ taking control and trying to make the world a better place. Sofia stands up for herself‚ no matter what‚ Shug Avery helps out someone in desperate need‚ and Celie
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