Alice Walker is an American author and poet. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She was the youngest of eight children‚ born in 1944 in Eatonton‚ Georgia‚ in the Deep South of the United States. When she eight‚ she was wounded in the eye by a shot from a BB gun fired by one of her brothers. This accident blinded her in one eye. As a result‚ she became more shy‚ thoughtful and studious; this is when
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People classify almost anything everyone. Three musicals that I feel show social classification are Hamilton‚ Hedwig‚ The Color purple. In Hamilton Lin Maranda‚ the director and face of Hamilton had a vison that was different from the normal Caribbean immigrant story. Hedwig is a musical on German male that is trying find his place in society threw his music. Color purple is a musical and a movie‚ it’s about 2 sisters that been through hell and back. All these musicals have the same value they made
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The history of the purple heart goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. Although it wasn’t called the purple heart‚ George Washington had established the badge of military merit‚ then established by the commander-in-chief of the continental army by the order from Newburgh‚ New York headquarters on august 7‚1782. Although the badge of military merit was only awarded to three revolutionary war soldiers it was never abolished but it was not proposed again until October 10‚1927. Army chief of
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“The Street Of Purple Cloth” By Karen Conally. This poem is about a woman that went on a journey ‚ and found herself in the process . In the first couple of stanzas is where she starts her journey and gets lost but then she finds herself and that she found out where home is‚ home is where you make it. In the saying of “She has lost her way in the street”‚ means that she is lost‚ then this saying “For the first time‚ She understands the words means that she found herself and home. There are
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The Color Purple is organized into letters towards God and focuses on the life of the oppressed‚ abused Celie. Celie feels she cannot talk to anyone but God about the events occurring in her life. This is her way of expressing herself when she is unable to speak to anyone about it. c. Tone- I feel the author’s tone towards The Color Purple is dark and gradually becomes more positive when Celie decides to change. In the beginning‚ the author expresses this depressing and dark tone by describing Celie’s
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“To be kind to all‚ to like many and love a few‚ to be needed and wanted by those we love‚ is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” -Mary Stuart. The most important theme that Alice Walker empathizes time and time again in The Color Purple‚ is having happiness in life. Because in the story Alice Walker has Celie go through many obstacles throughout the whole book. Having her go through a roller coaster of emotions from being sad in the beginning‚ to all the way to the end of the book
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The Color Purple When Alice Walker‚ the author of the novel The Color Purple‚ was younger she got shot in the right eye by a BB pellet and ever since then she has been self-conscious about the “visible mark.” In The Color Purple the main character Celie believes she is ugly‚ and only good for working on a field and taking care of the children. I believe how Celie sees herself relates to how Alice has seen herself in her personal life. In the book‚ Celie falls in love with Shug who is seen as a beautiful
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age‚ or sex. Such an issue began to affect the world in the seventeenth century‚ and has continued till this day. African Americans were first targeted by the Caucasian race due to the significant difference within their skin tone. In the Colour Purple by Alice Walker‚ people are faced with several types of discrimination: sexism‚ domestic abuse and racism. Discrimination is one of the most devastating events that mankind may have to potentially face. In the seventeenth century‚ sexism was leading
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Motivations: The reason Celie is quiet‚ tries to be invisible and does not stand up for herself is because the way she is treated. Celie is constantly told she is ugly‚ worthless and was abused by her stepfather Alphonso and then by her husband Mr. (Albert). “But I can let you have Celie… She ugly. He say. But she ain’t no stranger to hard work. And she clean. And God done fixed her. You can do everything just like you want to and she ain’t gonna make you feed it or clothe it (Walker 7-8).” “He beat
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Tom Ripley is an amoral‚ slightly disreputable young man‚ with no prospects‚ who occasionally moves in wealthy circles. Tom is approached by affluent shipyard owner Herbert Greenleaf‚ the father of an acquaintance who has lived in Italy for two years. Mr. Greenleaf wants Tom to travel to Europe and convince his son Dickie to return to the U.S. Ripley is armed with a first class ticket and enough cash for two months in Europe. Tom has fantasies of adopting the luxurious lifestyle of the Greenleafs
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