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    In her novel‚ The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker includes many examples of male dominance. In the story‚ Celie‚ a poor black girl leads a life of misfortune. When she was very young‚ Celie was raped by a man who she presumes is her father. Soon after‚ when her mother dies‚ Celie is married off by her stepfather to a man called Mr. _____. The two have a very abusive marriage. With help from her sister Nettie‚ and her friend‚ Shug‚ Celie is able to stick up for herself and mend their relationship. Mr.

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    The Color Purple Literary Analysis “He laugh. Who you think you is? He say. You can’t curse nobody. Look at you. You black‚ you pore‚ you ugly‚ you a woman. Goddam‚ he say‚ you nothing at all.”(Walker 206). With these words‚ Celie in Alice Walker’s‚ The Color Purple is told by her husband how worthless she is to him. Alice Walker analyzes The Color Purple as a tool to educate today’s young women about gender inequality in the 1900’s. She portrays this message through the main character‚ Celie

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    American Dream or No American Dream? What is the American Dream? The American Dream is when he/she gets married‚ has a steady income‚ owns a house‚ and has children. Although some people believe that the American Dream is still attainable‚ there are many who believe it is not. The American Dream may be harder to reach now in today’s society‚ but many people believe it to still be attainable. Although are economic times are difficult today‚ those who work hard and persevere through the hardships

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    Life of African American before and after civil Rights African American in south‚ they remained under the great depression of cruelties and shames of slavery generation to generation‚ not only slavery was named to them‚ beating and sexual assault‚ the selling and trafficking of family members‚ rejection of educational rights‚ denial of wages‚ unlawful marriages and private life was full of pain. It was all because of discrimination in United State‚ that wide spread of infection had been injected

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    The gender role of African Americans has been discussed by a number of historians and investigated through different approaches to analyze their experiences. The gender role in the African American literature has been explored in a way to the role of women viewed by the African American men and women. The study of gender role shows that the women’s participation in the works outside the home increased dramatically during the 1940s. The gender role for women began to shift right during the World War

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    reader with historical information and relevance to ones life while using interesting language and original literary devices. If a book entails these qualities‚ I believe that it is worthy enough to be taught within schools. The epistolary The Color Purple is worthy of Literary Merit. It illustrates real life situations that have

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    In the novel‚ The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ identity is fluid among the female characters namely Celie‚ Shug‚ Sofia and Squeak. Their identity is influenced by a lot of factors such as their own thoughts‚ culture‚ personalities‚ and other people. Likewise‚ in a real setting‚ people are influenced by several factors too. People affect one another and it is inevitable. At some point‚ people find their true identities through other things and not by the self. This article explores on the female

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    In the novel‚ The Color Purple‚ there are three main characters who demonstrate meaningful traits of women. Celie‚ the main character‚ is the most important of the three. She is influenced by other characters in the novel and is inspired to let herself seek their virtues. Celie’s two friends‚ Shug and Sofia‚ are both strong women who teach Celie how to achieve the happiness she desires. Sofia is a woman with authority in her life. Her life has been a constant struggle and can no longer endure

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    Queering Black Patriarchy The Color Purple by Steven Spielberg is a film and the main plot is a black man that beats and abused his wife‚ Celie. Celie was happy at first to get out of her house because of her abusive father that took her kids away from her but at the same time distraught of leaving her sister. The movie had originated from a book written by Alice Walker. Alice walker was accused of favoring white feminists while at the same time being very bitter to the black males. After the movie

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    Maya Kennedy  10/24/14  English AP      The Color Purple   by:Alice Walker    Genre:   ● Epistolary novel‚ confessional novel  Historical Text:   ● By this time in history slavery was long outlawed but its effects were still felt  heavily by those African Americans still living in the southern United States.  Segregation was imposed strictly‚ and entire black populations lived “isolated  from white society”. They “had to sit in separate parts of movie houses‚ drink out  of separate fountains‚ and could not eat at white lunch counters”

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