Alice Walker’s The Color Purple From reading the extract from The Color Purple‚ the reader is shocked almost straight away from how the character/narrator (who in this case is the author Alice Walker) is treated and brought up by her father. The way in which the story is told is in the form of letters and a kind of diary addressed to god as she is told "You better not tell anybody but god it’ll kill your mammy". The reader can almost sense that this was written and was never expected to be
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Over the Summer‚ I read the book “The Color Purple” Written by Alice Walker. This book is written in the form of letters‚ which is also referred to as an epistolary. The series of letters are written by the main character Celie‚ and all of her letters are addressed to God. The story of the Color Purple is primarily about Celie’s life‚ which starts out extremely rough. She is raped and abused by her Pa‚ her mother dies‚ and there is also a man instructed in marrying her sister. But‚ her Pa refuses
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The Color Purple By Alice Walker‚ and the movie The Color Purple‚ directed by Steve Spielberg‚ are stories about love and the survival between two sisters. The obstacles that the sisters have to face are very life risking Primary Differences: 1. Characters: With regards to the basic turns of the plot‚ the film is pretty faithful to the novel. However‚ when it comes to the complexities of the characters‚ the film sells the novel short. The film presents things in a very black and white manner
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the healing power of writing a series of letters‚ addressed to God first‚ and then her sister. Through her writing‚ she discovers her true nature and the woman that she was supposed to be in her own life. Alice Walker writes her story‚ The Color Purple‚ as an epistolary novel. An epistolary novel is a book that is in the form of letters‚ written by the main character. In this case‚ it is written by Celie‚ the main character who is living in Georgia in the 1930’s.
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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‚ an epistolary novel‚ was written in 1982 by American Author Alice Walker. The epic tale was produced into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1985. The Color Purple is an American drama film about the life of an African-American woman who survives abuse and bigotry. The protagonist of the story‚ Celie‚ is a young girl who is abused and raped everyday by her own father. Her father‚ Alphonso‚ impregnates her and steals her children. He then marries her off to another abusive man by the
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In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple‚ many emotions are evoked within the story. Many themes and character qualities are suggested through the use of symbolism. One of the most prominent symbols utilized within this story is the allegory of color. Walker uses different colors to illustrate various moods and the personality themes of certain characters. One may find it interesting to discover that these colors are sentiments about the way people in the novel are represented. In the story‚ Celie
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Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and The Color Purple by Alice Walker prove this quote true. Throughout The Lovely Bones‚ a family struggles with the dreadful murder and rape of a family member. The book demonstrates how the family only got stronger with the passage of time. Their success in moving forward in life regardless of their encounter with such an evil act emphasizes the victory of good over evil. In addition to The Lovely Bones‚ the book The Color Purple clearly displays the brutality two sisters
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misery‚ become apart of life whether 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.
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English 102.013 11/13/09 The Power of a Female Relationship In the book The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker shows us different themes in the book. The one theme that stood out the most was the relationship between the sisters and friends that met along the way. Reading this book I have seen different types of relationships such as‚ motherly‚ sisterly‚ and also womanly. Walker refers to the relationship between Cecile and Nettie as a motherly relationship because when Cecile’s mother dies she feels
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