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    the characters in the novel; which‚ goes hand in hand with their economic status. The characters of the novel where at the bottom of the social ladder; which‚ contributed to the behavior and problems between marriages and different races. The Color Purple is marinated in prejudice due to sex and ethnic origin which contributes to their position in society but as the story developed‚ many are able to break

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    Samad 1 Jacquline Samad Professor Brown History 106 25 April 2011 The Color Purple Film Critique The Color Purple is a 1985 drama film directed by Steven Spielberge that centers around the story of a poor southern‚ Black woman‚ Cellie Harris who overcomes years of racism‚ sexism‚ and physical/verbal abuse from the men in her life like her own father and husband. As she lives her life as a slave to her husband‚ she meets two strong black women along the way that gives

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    In literature there are a lot of themes‚ some more noticeable than others. One very important theme that is prominent in a movie and two short stories: The Purple Rose of Cairo‚ Of Mice and Men‚ and The Necklace‚ is being a female in a male-driven and controlled society. In ‘The Purple Rose of Cairo’‚ Cecilia is married to Monk‚ who is an abusive alcoholic as well as a cheater. Monk doesn’t let her have a say in anything and demands that she give him every penny she makes from waitressing‚ so he

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    1 100 Days- A Screenplay Written by Eric Goren and Inspired by Patricia Goren INT: APARTMENT-MORNING A messy one bedroom apartment located in Manhattan. The room is sparse except for a large television‚ stereo system with speakers‚ a beat up couch and table‚ and clothing‚ bottles‚ and empty cartons of Chinese food and pizza boxes are strung around the apartment. RICHIE DEUSCH is a late 20 something single guy who is of average height and build. He is sleeping in his messy bed in

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    Dr. Patricia E. Bath 1 Dr. Patricia E. Bath Jaiel Omari Kaplan University PU120: Introduction to Public Health Professor Christina Robinson 03/08/11 Dr. Patricia E. Bath 2

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    I believe to express one’s thoughts and feelings is hard to developing a sense of self‚ Celie took so much abuse and couldn’t do nothing about it makes her so strong. They would do celie so wrong so many times was horrible‚ I can’t believe her own step father abused her and raped her. The abuse to women is horrible and their needs to be a big change or a very bad consequences. Girls who are raped or abused really have no chance to stop it they can’t fight against a grown man he is too

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    Color Purple Character Notes Pages 1-80 For each character‚ take notes and make inferences about each character. Cite textual evidence to support your inferences. Due Tuesday via Turnitin.com by 11pm Character Your Analysis (Make an inference about the character‚ support it with textual evidence). Use CERC Strategy. Celie In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple‚ the author presents the character Celie. Celie is uneducated and lives in a abusive home. Through her struggles she is very selfless in

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    In The Color Purple‚ Celie reaches self-actualization. Initially‚ Celie is a submissive wife to Mr. _______‚ doing everything she is told to do without hesitation while facing physical‚ and emotional abuse. Once Shug Avery‚ Mr. _______’s mistress‚ comes to live with them‚ Celie nurses the Shug Avery back to health while simultaneously becoming close friends. Shug Avery teaches Celie that no matter what life brings‚ Celie will always have to two people who love her—Nettie and Shug Avery. This new

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    Hero’s Recognition Both Willy and the mother from “Taught me Purple” by Evelyn Tooley Hunt‚ have the same unrealistic expectations and false dreams. They fantasize the truth until they can no longer bear to live in reality. They hold the American Dream so high in their minds that “In its lack [they] [die]‚” and these phony ambitions go on to harm their children. Hunt describes how her mother taught her in purple and gold‚ but wore wash-grey. Her mother pretended to be special and wealthy even though

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    Healing and liberation through bonding and sisterhood Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is about African-American women in America during the early twentieth century. During this time‚ gender stereotypes were prevalent‚ women were not only oppressed by white males‚ but by black males too. At the end of the book‚ women stand up for themselves‚ fighting against all odds to break free of the yoke of oppression. Walker narrates how Celie grew up being sexually abused by her stepfather‚ Alphonso. As an

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