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    you’re willing to accept it or not. For those who have accepted such troubles‚ have also learned to cope with it one way or another. Antoinette’s character in "Wide Sargasso Sea" and Celie’s character in "The Color Purple" have both experienced problems with depression‚ loneliness‚ violence‚ inferiority‚ racism‚ and self-identity. It is important for such characters as Antoinette and Celie to express their emotions and have a method of working out there issues. In the novel "Wide Sargasso Sea"

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    main character is isolated from the rest of the characters in the story. Alienation can be caused by several things‚ such as abusive relationships like in the story The Color Purple‚ or poor leadership such as the story‚ Lord of the Flies‚ in which both protagonists were alienated by their own people. In the book‚ "The Color Purple"‚ Celie‚ the protagonist‚ is alienated by most of the important men in her family. It causes her to be very passive and defenseless. She is aware that people see her as

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    The Color Purple: Movie vs Book In the novel‚ The Color Purple‚ the author Alice Walker gives several ideas in letter forms‚ such as‚ friendship‚ domination‚ courage & independence. She impacts readers by looking at the story through the eyes of Celie and Nettie. The book describes the life of a young black girl in the 1920’s to the 1960’s. The story of how a 14 year old girl fights through all the steps of an abusive life and finally she is in command for her own life. Celie is the young girl

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    Essence Robinson English 10A December 27th‚ 2017 The Bluest Eye vs. The Color Purple In this essay I will be comparing in contrasting Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”‚ and Alice Walker’s “ The Color Purple”. Pecola and Celie are two very similar people. These two characters were mistreated in many ways. Toni Morrison and Alice Walker really shined the light on how wrong use women were treated and they didn’t sugarcoat anything about it. These two women were abused by their fathers‚ lost their

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    The Liberation Of Black Women’s In Color Purple by Alice Walker On October 29st 2012‚ The Color Purple thoroughly focuses on a life of Celie‚ an African American woman who is struggling to develop her sense of selfhood. As a black woman growing up in the Deep South during the 1940s‚ Celie has gone through many difficulties before she could establish herself as an independent woman. All through the story‚ Celie is presented at the very bottom of the social hierarchy. At the same time with being

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    she then viewed men as anything other than human. Because of men‚ she has greatly suffered‚ which is why Celie is happier with women in her life than men. “I don’t even look at mens. That’s the truth. I look at women‚ tho‚ cause I’m not scared of them” (7). “They have made three babies together but he squeamish bout giving her a bath. Maybe he figure he start thinking about things he shouldn’t. But what bout me? First time I got the full sight of Shug Avery long black body with it black plum nipples

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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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    characters used to shape the narrative and structure of the novels Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and The Color Purple? Jeanette Winterson and Alice Walker show realism and the development and shape of their character throughout the novels. Through their main characters‚ they achieve this with their use of narrative and structure. Jeanette from Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Celie from The Color Purple are two very different‚ young women who have struggled through their lives. Jeanette is a young‚

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    There is nothing left of the skull‚ all of the humanity has been ripped out of the skull. Nothing lays there except for bone. Not only does Sheers hint at death but also the idea of life. When we think of birds and eggs we think of life and nurturing. Once the soldiers go to battle this is taken away from them‚ they’re never going to be able to have their own children. The possibilities to new life are gone. Not only did the men die as a country‚ but as a team too. All of the soldiers are ‘all mimicked

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    industry for approximately 13 years now and have seen my share of ads on television. I rarely watch television now-a-days as I have been focused on a newer industry called Internet Marketing. Though fairly new‚ the industry also has it’s fair share of violence displayed on many online commercials and banner ads‚ but because the Internet has been known to attract those who pay very little attention‚ ads have become shorter and much more direct. An online ads must display its’ message within the very few

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