Dear Pulitzer Judging Board‚ The book‚ The Color Purple by Alice Walker was superior. This book should have received the Pulitzer Prize because it contains some of the best elements‚ in which this book very unique. Some of the key elements that were featured is by the book being written in letters and or diary form by the protagonist‚ Celie‚ herself. Another key element of The Color Purple was Alice Walker’s way of connecting with the audience showing strong emotions and the struggles that Celie
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The Color Purple‚ an epistolary novel‚ was written in 1982 by American Author Alice Walker. The epic tale was produced into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1985. The Color Purple is an American drama film about the life of an African-American woman who survives abuse and bigotry. The protagonist of the story‚ Celie‚ is a young girl who is abused and raped everyday by her own father. Her father‚ Alphonso‚ impregnates her and steals her children. He then marries her off to another abusive man by the
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The Color Purple The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ discusses abuse‚racism‚ poverty‚ sexcism‚ and opression. The book focuses on Celie‚ a 14 year old girl who has been sexually and physically abused by her stepfather‚ and later by her husband‚ Albert. Celie has grown up with her sister‚ Nettie‚ and has protected her from the abuse that she received from their own father and from being married to Albert. Albert never really wanted to marry Celie‚ he originally wanted Nettie‚ but couldn’t have her because their father said no
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and to the reviving of deep-seated racial stereotypes. This controversy is‚ I argue‚ only partly a response to her body of work and more to her medium of choice: life size black cut-paper figures. When asked to describe the basis of her art‚ Kara Walker gave a fiery remark: "The history of America is built on...inequality‚ this foundation of a racial inequality and a social inequality...and we buy into it. I mean‚ whiteness is just as artificial a construct as blackness is." She offers insight into
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the answer has evolved through time. In Alice Walker’s‚ “Beauty: When the other dancer is self”‚ we see Walker struggle with defining what beauty is after a tragic accident forces her to reevaluate. Walker’s journey to self-acceptance allows us to see the effects of beauty‚ as it dispels the notion that beauty is skin deep. In the beginning of “Beauty: When The Other Dancer Is Self”‚ Walker is at the height of her self-confidence. She knew she as cute and reaped all the benefits that came along
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Kyle Walker Period 5 Today‚ there are many dreams and traditions that Americas hold. Some of them can be reached‚ some cannot. Some Americans dream of riches‚ some dream of curing diseases. Most of their dreams are from the heart. People dream of having a family‚ with healthy kids. The American dream is really simple to me. It’s having a family‚ house‚ job‚ and one or more cars. Today in society‚ people have different perspectives on what the “American Dream” is. People worry more about how the
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introduced in the novel‚ she influences Celie to become a more independent woman. Shug helps Celie with her mental problems‚ which has been an issue since her early childhood. She was told she was ugly as expressed in the quote “She ugly. He say” (Walker‚ pg. 10). Shug also had some problems with her appearance and was told she was a prostitute by the preacher. This is expressed in the quote;
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The Color Purple By Alice Walker‚ and the movie The Color Purple‚ directed by Steve Spielberg‚ are stories about love and the survival between two sisters. The obstacles that the sisters have to face are very life risking Primary Differences: 1. Characters: With regards to the basic turns of the plot‚ the film is pretty faithful to the novel. However‚ when it comes to the complexities of the characters‚ the film sells the novel short. The film presents things in a very black and white manner
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their stories. This approach allows you to really get into the meaning of a story. You are able to begin to break-down the stories and discover what techniques the writer used‚ and what they were trying to express by using those literary tools. Walker used a certain persona to tell this story; more specifically‚ she uses the omniscient technique. I feel like this was an extremely effective way to tell the story because it really allowed readers to get inside the heads
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Short Stories by Alice Walker with a concentration on sexism and racism Alice Walker was born in 1944 and was the youngest of eight children. She and her family lived in Georgia where they were black sharecroppers. Walker was scarred and lost sight in one eye at the age of eight due to a BB gun accident. In a Contemporary Literary Criticism excerpt under biographical information‚ it states the disfigurement made Walker shy and self-conscious‚ leading her to try writing to express herself
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