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Q: “SHE SAY‚ ALL MY LIFE I HAD TO FIGHT. I HAD TO FIGHT MY DADDY. I HAD TO FIGHT FOR MY BROTHERS. I HAD TO FIGHT MY COUSINS AND UNCLES. A GIRL CHILD AIN’T SAFE IN A FAMILY OF MEN. BUT I NEVER THOUGHT I HAVE TO FIGHT IN MY OWN HOUSE.” COMMENT ON THIS STATEMENT IN THE LIGHT OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WITHIN THE FAMILY IN ALICE WALKER’S ‘THE COLOR PURPLE’. Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9‚ 1944) is an American author‚ poet‚ and activist who is known for the various essays and poems on race
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Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is a heart-wrenching novel that portrays a young girl‚ Celie‚ as a child wife living in the South struggling with the ability and knowledge of standing up for herself‚ mental and physical abuse‚ and the pain of not being loved and cared for. This story takes place during the early 20th Century in rural Georgia. During this time period‚ women were told only to serve others‚ to fulfill the interests of men rather than their own‚ given limited opportunities‚ and seen
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singing career. This moment was a huge breakthrough for Celie’s character; it exemplifies her transformation from a neglected and abused object into a strong woman who is subjective to those who demanded from her‚ which was influenced by Shug and Sofia. Mr._____ observes this difference‚ attempts to control Celie by not allowing her to leave and reacts the only way he knows how to: abusively. He begins to verbally insult her‚ however‚ Celie has finally found her voice and refuses to stay quiet. Celie
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jealousy by telling Harpo to “beat her‚” referring to Sofia’s inability to “mind.” But when the time came‚ Shug‚ Celie‚ and Squeak managed to get Sofia out of jail and help look after her children. Ironically‚ Harpo was still married to Sofia‚ and Squeak was his girlfriend. Yet it was Squeak‚ once physically at odds with Sofia‚ who sacrificed herself to get Sofia from behind bars and in the Mayor’s home as a maid. The sisterhood continued despite the issues between the individual
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Harpo and Sofia seem to swap roles in their relationship‚ reluctantly for Harpo. Sofia repairs the house and does “man” work. She is a strong‚ independent woman and Harpo has a hard time with this. Harpo only has his father as a role model of how to treat women and his father does not set a moral standard. Harpo attempts to follow his father’s example and hit Sofia‚ but she does not put up with it and Harpo comes out with a black eye. Harpo continues his attempt at being dominant over Sofia by binge
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As a black woman‚ white people like the mayor and his wife assume that it’s a great honor to be a white lady’s housemaid. Because Sofia is unwilling to place herself in a degrading position‚ the white mayor and police beat her in order to reassert their racial dominance. There is also an instance where Sofia describes her position at the mayor’s house and her son refuses to let herself see herself as a slave; he’s got too much pride for that. As well as another when
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letter form to her sister Nettie (Akousa Busia)‚ but Albert has been hiding the letters Nettie writes back‚ allowing Celie to assume that Nettie is dead. Finally‚ Celie finds a champion in the don’t-take-no-guff Sofia (Oprah Winfrey)‚ the wife of Glover’s son from a previous marriage. Alas‚ Sofia is "humbled" when she is beaten into submission by angry whites. Later‚ Celie is able to forge a strong friendship with Albert’s mistress Shug (Margaret Avery). Emboldened by this‚ Celie begins rifling through
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“Taco head” Literary Essay In the small story “Taco Head”by Viola Canales.A girl named Sofia wants to be able to eat her school lunch without being afraid of being called taco head. So she tries to be the best student she can be. But people try to make her think less of herself. Sofia learn to not think less of yourself. In the beginning of the story‚ Sofia starts learn to not think less of her herself. For example‚ she doesn’t want people to call her names just because she is Mexican-American
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THE COLOR PURPLE ALICE WALKER First published in 1982. To the Spirit: Without whose assistance Neither this book Nor I Would have been Written. Show me how to do like you Show me how to do it. Stevie Wonder You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy. Dear God‚ I am fourteen years old. I-aa I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me. Last spring after little Lucious come I heard them fussing. He was pulling on her arm. She
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