In The Color Purple‚ Celie reaches self-actualization. Initially‚ Celie is a submissive wife to Mr. _______‚ doing everything she is told to do without hesitation while facing physical‚ and emotional abuse. Once Shug Avery‚ Mr. _______’s mistress‚ comes to live with them‚ Celie nurses the Shug Avery back to health while simultaneously becoming close friends. Shug Avery teaches Celie that no matter what life brings‚ Celie will always have to two people who love her—Nettie and Shug Avery. This new
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The Color Purple was written in the epistolary form‚ which means it was constructed in a series of letters addressed to a person. I believe The Color Purple was written in this approach for a certain purpose; to convey a personal outlook into the life of Celie. This style of writing was notable in the 18th and 19th‚ and Alice’s Walkers use of it has been acknowledged for the resurrection of this type of novel. In using this technique‚ the author is free to establish deep relationships with those
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In my bildungsroman‚ or coming-of-age novel‚ The Color Purple by Alice Walker‚ the protagonist‚ Celie‚ develops psychologically throughout the book by facing painful times in order to find the road to self-discovery. Even with her lack of education‚ further into the novel‚ Celie begins to mentally grow and realize that she is not an object to be walked all over nor to be pushed around. From the age of fourteen years old until she was in her mid or late forties‚ Celie let herself be abused and mistreated
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Many readers and critics have criticised Walker’s representation of African-American men. Why do you think this is? How might you defend Walker’s treatment of masculinity in TheColor Purple? In Walkers novel ’The Color Purple’ she discusses the issues of racism‚ domestic abuse‚ sexuality‚ tradition‚ gender roles‚ family‚ love and spirituality in the 20th century African American culture‚ drawing on personal experience from her own life and understanding. Through the eyes of Celie‚ a poor‚ barely
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The color purple has many examples of how poorly black women were treated. Black men had control over black women because‚ they didn’t do much about it. Alice Walker gives many examples of how black women were untreated and how they were abused by black men. Throughout the novel “The Color Purple” gives many examples of how black women felt in their lives. According to Celie she felt used‚ betrayed‚ abused‚ disgusted‚ she was not feeling like herself. Celie’s mother was a very ill women. She was
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Celie‚ the protagonist from The Color Purple‚ written by Alice Walker‚ develops greatly throughout the story. The story takes place in the 1900’s in the south. Celie endures many hardships throughout her life and she has never fought for herself until she was influenced by other women in her life. When the reader first meets Celie she is fourteen years old by the end she is at least sixty. Celie had many women who influenced her throughout the story‚ her sister Nettie‚ her friend Sofia‚ and the
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In the story of The Color Purple‚ Celie is writing to God about what is going on in her life. In these letters Celie writes about her father Pa‚ her sister Nettie‚ and a few other characters‚ but one of the characters that really stood out was Mr._. Mr._ is a single father looking for a wife to help raise his four children. Mr._s’ first wife had passed away and he had been looking for someone to marry. At first Mr_ had his eyes set on Nettie‚ who Mr._ had seen at church. Mr._would stop by Pa house
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker depicts the life of an African American woman in rural Georgia and her journey through self-actualization. The narrator‚ Cecile‚ writes letters to God‚ then her sister‚ Nettie‚ about the tribulations she faces at home. Although she is not proficient in the English language and speaks in black dialect‚ she knows writing to God is her only form of expression. In the end‚ with the help of Shug Avery‚ Cecile overcomes adversity while discovering herself and gaining a
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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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