Alice Walker’s The Color Purple From reading the extract from The Color Purple‚ the reader is shocked almost straight away from how the character/narrator (who in this case is the author Alice Walker) is treated and brought up by her father. The way in which the story is told is in the form of letters and a kind of diary addressed to god as she is told "You better not tell anybody but god it’ll kill your mammy". The reader can almost sense that this was written and was never expected to be
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the healing power of writing a series of letters‚ addressed to God first‚ and then her sister. Through her writing‚ she discovers her true nature and the woman that she was supposed to be in her own life. Alice Walker writes her story‚ The Color Purple‚ as an epistolary novel. An epistolary novel is a book that is in the form of letters‚ written by the main character. In this case‚ it is written by Celie‚ the main character who is living in Georgia in the 1930’s.
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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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Final Film Critique Richard Hogan ENG 225: Introduction to Film October 25‚ 2011 Final Film Critique Introduction The movie‚ The Shawshank Redemption (1994)‚ is based on a character Andy Dufresne. Andy is a young and successful banker who is sent to Shawshank Prison for murdering his wife and her secret lover. His life is changed drastically upon being convicted and being sent to prison. He is sent to prison to serve a life term. Over the 20-years in prison‚ Andy retains optimism
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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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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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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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Mus 355 Music Critique of film Score Action‚ suspense‚ love‚ and drama are all the makings for a great film. None of these key features to a film could have any substance or feeling without the help of music. Composers play a big role for setting the tone of the movie‚ developing characters‚ moving along or supporting action‚ and depicting the time and place the movie is taking place. In the movie Heat‚ Elliot Goldenthal does just that. Goldenthal was born in NY in 1954 and studied music under
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Queering Black Patriarchy The Color Purple by Steven Spielberg is a film and the main plot is a black man that beats and abused his wife‚ Celie. Celie was happy at first to get out of her house because of her abusive father that took her kids away from her but at the same time distraught of leaving her sister. The movie had originated from a book written by Alice Walker. Alice walker was accused of favoring white feminists while at the same time being very bitter to the black males. After the movie
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Film Crtique: Titanic Eng 225 Laura Carter August 11‚ 2014 Film Critique: Titanic Millions of people go to the movies each year to view new films‚ but how many of those people actually stop to analyze the film. Analyzing a film is very essential in that it is an important factor‚ in fully understanding the film you are viewing. In the essence of the film’s development and production there are a lot of key people that bring all the aspects of a
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