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    Jim Crow laws and there wasn’t as much racism as there was in Georgia. Shug was so independent and well-educated‚ which is why Celie was so mesmerized by her. After both of them were in a relationship and moving to Tennessee‚ Celie’s way of thinking changed for better. She became more independent and confident‚ despite her being African American and living in Georgia again. Overall‚ if the setting would have not taken place in the early 20th century‚ the racism and women’s rights conflicts that Celie

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    Cruelty plays a pivotal role in main characters as they progress and mature throughout the plot and development of the story. In the epistolary classic‚ The Color Purple‚ author Alice Walker documents Celie’s experience from cruelty by her Georgia neighborhood‚ the people most closest to her‚ and the societal structure that impacts each of the characters. After being sent to marital consent by her stepfather‚ Alphonso‚ without her will‚ the fragile protagonist engages in friendships with powerful-minded

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    that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” Many feminist today‚ such as actress‚ Emma Watson‚ fight for equality between men and women‚ such as equal pay. Why should a woman be seen as lesser than a man? Alice Walker’s The Color Purple displays the idea of feminism through strong and inspirational female characters‚ such as Celie‚ Sofia‚ and Shug Avery. Walker portrays the inequality and oppression of women through many characters like‚ the main character‚ Celie. Celie experiences

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    today. 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

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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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    Could an event lead to traumatized a person by making her/him insecure about their body and everything else about themselves? In the novel‚ the writer later explains and informs the reader that Melinda was raped by a guy named Andy during a summer party. After she was raped‚ Melinda got traumatized by the event that she wasn’t able to be confident with herself‚ saying that she was ugly‚ and she wasn’t able to speak. Melinda’s feeling about her body changes as she sees herself in the mirrors or just

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    I used to hate the image staring back at me in the mirror. The figure that stood in front of me had skin as black as night. Skin that remind her peers of slavery and always was the butt of the jokes. I was just a little girl when I learned how to be ashamed of myself. It started at home when my uncle‚ who was as dark as me‚ would compare me to his lighter children. He would go on for hours about how dark my skin was. He wouldn’t stop until someone around him said that it was enough. The thing was

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    I remember everything so vividly. Too vividly it hurts my head. How did I end up in this position? How did I end up watching my sister die? Blood was spilling from her mouth. She was struggling‚ and I grabbed my silver dagger and stabbed her in the heart. No pity. It was gonna happen sooner or later. I just made it happen sooner. There’s a system in our village called the Trials where we fight. Fight until only one person is selected‚ and the winner is left with the Royal Family’s money. You don’t

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    Background History and Context of ‘The Color Purple’ “The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife‚ -- this longing to attain self-conscious manhood‚ to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost... He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American...” (W.E.B. Du Bois) The African-Americans or the ‘Black Americans’ are members of those ethnic groups in the United States that

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    the growth of two sisters using a feminist theory. One is a missionary in Africa and the other is a child wife living in the south. They both place their loyalty and trust in each other across time‚ distance‚ and silence. The Color Purple explores the issues of racism‚ sexual roles‚ men‚ and social injustice. From the very first page the readers are confronted with harsh images and intense scenes that show a sorry lifestyle. Through the use of strong female bonds Alice Walker illustrates not

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