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 person she loves and admires Shug Avery. Nettie is Celie’s younger sister‚ is a very intelligent woman who went to Africa as a missionary. “You better not never tell nobody but God‚ it’d kill your mammy” (Walker‚ 2003‚ pg. 1). When Nettie
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However‚ when Harpo approaches Celie about how to control Sofia‚ Celie is bitter about the pity she sees in Sofia’s eyes so she tells Harpo to “Beat her” (p.36). After Harpo attempts to beat Sofia to make her listen to him and he instead is the one who comes away injured‚ she finds out that it is Celie who told him that it was the appropriate course of action. When questioning
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Cross Cultural Interview Who you met with and why you consider the person different? I met with Sofia Mitre. Sofia is a Mexican expatriate. She has lived in the U.S. for the vast majority of her life; however‚ she constantly travels to and from Mexico to visit family and to accompany her father on business trips. Although we both grew up in Austin‚ Sofia considers herself a visitor to the U.S. as a citizen of Mexico. She grew up in a household rooted in Mexican heritage while I grew up in a home
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Sofia’s suffering more poetic. Walker became an overnight success with The Color Purple (“Color”). Celie‚ the main character of the novel The Color Purple‚ and Sofia‚ a secondary character‚ both face harsh times throughout their lives due to racism. The two African American women are beaten and brought down within the novel. When Sofia finally gets to work in Celie’s store‚ after being criticized when at the stores prior due to blacks not being able to work in stores‚ it becomes a personal
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Women’s Friendship in Alice Walker’s... اﻷﺳﺘﺎذ- اﻟﻌﺪد ) ٣٠٢ ( ﻟﺴﻨﺔ ٣٣٤١ ﻫﺠﺮﻳﺔ – ٢١٠٢ ﻣﻴﻼدﻳﺔ ٢٠٣ The Color Purple Women’s Friendship in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple صداقة النساء في رواية اللون البنفسجي آللس ووكر زينب عبدالكريم مسير أ.م.د.كاظم جواد الزبيدي Zainab Abdul-Karim Musir Assist.Prof.Dr.Kadhim Jawad جامعة بغداد/ كلية التربية- ابن رشد/ قسم اللغة االنكليزية الملخص ة وﻗﺎﺼﺔ وﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ﻤﻘﺎﻻت وﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ة وﻨﺎﺸطﺔ اﻤرﻴﻜﻴﺔ. ﺘﻜﺘب ووﻜر ﻤطوﻻ ﻓﻲ اﻝﻤواﻀﻴﻊ ﺴﻴر ﺘﻌد اﻝﻴس ووﻜر
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In 330 A.D.‚ Constantinople became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire or “New Rome.” For 1‚100 years‚ Constantinople remained the capital of one of the world’s largest empires‚ the Byzantine Empire. Constantinople’s location is in modern day Istanbul‚ Turkey. So why is Constantinople important to history? Constantinople became the cultural center of the east. It preserved Greek classics and promoted Christian principles. Christianity emerged and became a dominate religion. Art The Byzantine
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place of Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire reached its climax during the sovereignty of Emperor Justinian 1. Italy‚ southern Spain‚ and North Africa‚ were conquered by the Byzantines. The Justinian code of laws was developed‚ and the Church of Hagia Sophia was built. Southern Spain was lost to the Visigoths and Italy was lost to the Lombard’s after Justinian’s death. There was a long war between Persia and Byzantium‚ to which both empires were weakened. Avars‚ nomadic Asiatic people‚ drove the
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living in this black community got mentally‚ physically‚ and sexually abused by their fathers‚ husbands‚ and other men. While this behavior remains very inappropriate and wrong‚ the women felt nothing could stop the men from their horrible actions. Sofia and Celie‚ two main characters in The Color Purple‚ had experienced pain and harm‚ especially by their husbands. Having a father who sexually and physically beat her‚ Celie had never had an easy life. Celie explains her incidents with her father in
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decision or thought against her rules she takes the decision to marry Imran whom she does not want to do. Sofia is a polite and soft-hearted lady. She started dreaming of Naim‚ thinking of him on every special occasion and she supposed to share this feeling with him. At that very moment she could realize that Naim still had the relation behind her and even he never thought to marry Sofea. Sofia controlled herself doing any odd reaction rather she blessed them from her heart and told: “May you both
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abuse from Alfonso and Albert is the main conflict she faces. Two characters that are different are Sofia and Celie. While Sofia has a fighting spirit‚ Celie does not and is a timid person‚ letting herself be abused by her peers. Sofia‚ on the other hand‚ does not allow this to happen‚ as shown when Harpo attempts to abuse her but fails. Another way that they are different is the fact that Sofia can resist even man and even defies the town mayor. Celie cannot do this and barely manages to survive
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