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    Life is not always fair‚ and in The Color Purple the main character‚ Celie‚ writes out her brutal life experiences in the form of letters to God and her sister Nettie. Set in the early 1900’s of the deep South‚ Alice Walker details the inspiring redemptions that embody the power‚ for black women especially‚ to be heard and respected during a time period where racial and gender discrimination were at its peak. Cause and effect‚ dialogue‚ and characterization support the underlying theme that Alice

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    Kaitlyn Queen AP English IV Mrs. Conner In the two novels‚ The Color Purple and The Bluest Eye‚ the authors Alice Walker and Toni Morrison similarly observe the negative life effects caused by physical‚ sexual‚ and verbal abuse that can be destructive to the human mind and produce a shame within oneself as well as shaming from others. Both novels are set in the 1900s‚ presenting a racist and sexist environment that contributes to the dehumanization/ degeneration of a human being. In addition‚ love

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    The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ follows the story of an African-American woman named Celie‚ and her friends and family through her diary entries. The story takes place in rural Georgia‚ in the early 20th century‚ all playing a part in much of the mistreatment she faces. The readers learn the tough life that Celie has endured‚ from being raped at a young age by her step father‚ to never being treated with respect by anyone‚ not even her husband‚ Mr._______‚ whom rapes‚ beats‚ and degrades

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    Gumamela Jam Gumamela: Hibiscus rosa-sinesis In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Integrated Science Science Research Project ABSTRACT The research study was conducted to finds the feasibility of the Gumamela flowers as a spread or syrup. The existence of nutritional components in Gumamela petals led the researchers to develop it as a spread or syrup for everyone. It meant to find an alternative ingredient that would be beneficial to the health of the people and would be acceptable

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    Messages From The Color Purple (An Analysis of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple) Alice Walker once said‚ “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” In her novel The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker shows a theme of powerlessness‚ until the very end‚ where the protagonist prevails. Throughout the story‚ the reader experiences multiple plot twists and emotional scenes. Alice Walker shows three predominant themes in her story The Color Purple. The first message Alice

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    To kill a mockingbird and Color Purple are two really good books who have their similarities‚ but of course not two things can be equal. This two book show us the the same from two different points of view. Both of them talk the problematics of African American in those times. It shows how life can be unfair sometimes and how most of those times‚ there is nothing we might do to change it. It shows how our decisions and action define us. How we live in a society were looking for equality and hoping

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    In Color Purple‚ Celie goes through a lot and has to grow up way too fast. Through out her life she went through a lot and didn’t have love‚ family or hope for a long time. The only love that Celie received for a long time was from her sister Nettie. Celie didn’t have a family of her own for a long time‚ and during the movie her family grows. The hope of having someone to love them and to be her family was one Celie always had. The letters Celie read from her sister Nettie gave her hope that she

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    Keagan Carpenter Mrs. O’Dell Research and Composition 13 April 2014 Their Eyes Were Watching The Color Purple Do you see someone in public who you’ve never seen in your life but their appearance is strikingly similar to someone you see every day? Well that’s how reading The Color Purple was after reading Their Eyes Were Watching God. Both novels are extremely in almost all facets of writing. The way both Celie and Janie develop and mature throughout the novel and the author’s craft used in

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    The Color Purple Alice Walker Entry 1 "You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy." Alice Walker‚ the author of The Color Purple‚ begins her novel with an ambiguous threat. A fairly powerful‚ yet unexplained‚ quote begins a very powerful novel. Before opening this book‚ I had no idea how it was written or what it was about‚ I chose it solely by recommendation. I soon noticed that the whole story was to be told through letters written by the protagonist and addressed to God

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    residue as soap did‚ especially on fabric. Upon their appearance‚ detergents became common products for cleaning dishes and clothing. While many people still used regular soap‚ by 1953 most households were using detergents. History of Hibiscus * The hibiscus has had a long history of use in Africa and neighboring tropical countries. Its fragrant flowers have been used in sachets and perfumes. Fiber from H. sabdariffa has been used to fashion rope as a jute substitute and the fleshy red calyx

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