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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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    How do you think Kambili is affected by the political situation in the novel/ Kambili is massively affected by the political situation it has and will continue to massive change her life and who she is allowed to live it. Kambili at the start of the novel is a fifteen year old girl and painfully shy. She lives under the strict catholic rules of the father who expects his children to succeed at all costs. Father would often force Kambili to do things which are shown during when Kambili had to drink

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    more as she is not as persecuted and held back. Celie has more of a caring‚ kind‚ and a bit fierce personality. Celie also has a loving personality towards Shug‚ since Shug was one of the people that helped Celie express herself more. In The Color Purple there is no direct antagonist in my opinion‚ but the people that could be seen as antagonists would be Celie’s “father” in the beginning of the book‚ as well as Albert

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    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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    Khadija Aly 7/6/24 Hello Ms.Clark! Today I am writing a short story titled “Warning: Colour May Fade” by Leah Henderson. In this story‚ we are at a boarding school where our protagonist‚ Nivia‚ takes art. There is competition and Nivia feels the pressure around her. In this competition‚ students are encouraged to “tell their truth”. My theme is: Representing yourself is something different for everyone. When you represent yourself in art‚ you feel you can understand yourself better and be who you

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    Darling Nikki Prince‚ Purple Rain As film production was taking place in Los Angeles‚ Prince took up residence at Sunset Sound‚ a local recording studio where he worked to complete supporting music for the movie. The historic sessions were awash with inspired production. He was adrenalized with anticipation of the film‚ and the therapy of screenwriting his life seemed to bring a change of heart in his approach to music making. In a new glasnost of spirit‚ Prince developed the work with his band

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    The Color Purple In the novel “The Color purple” the dynamic characters are Albert‚ and Celie. Albert is one of the character that married Celie and always beat her. His way of treating people change when Celie left the house with Shug Avery. He started to treat people better than he use to and when Celie come back from her tripe he was really nice to her and treat her with kindness. Celie is the main character that was rape by her step-father at a young age‚ she was separated from her younger

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    thousands that die and millions that get injured on the frontlines. Just in the Iraq and Afghanistan war there were 6‚845 soldiers that died and 900‚000 that got injured. There are so many organizations out there that help out veterans in need. Paws for Purple Hearts is a really good one and it is the first program of its kind that offers therapeutic interventions for veterans and active military personnel by teaching those

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    Set during the early 20th century in the rural south‚ the novel‚ The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ portrays the life of a poor African American woman named Celie. Since being published in 1982‚ this novel was won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for Fiction‚ but is also considered highly controversial because of the references to sexual abuse and female empowerment. Throughout the book‚ the reader learns from the unexpected events that accumulate Celie’s journey to self-awareness

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    Explore the theme of communication between letters 61-70 of ‘The Color Purple’ Throughout the novel‚ Walker emphasizes the ability to express one’s thoughts and feelings through different forms of communication. From the beginning‚ there is an educational barrier between the audience and Celie due to her lack of education. This is increased when Nettie’s letters are introduced‚ as her style of writing. Walker uses the novel’s epistolary (letter-writing) form to emphasize the power of communication

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