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    Totalitarianism‚ Violence‚ and the Color Red in The Handmaid’s Tale In literature‚ the color red symbolizes many things‚ each with its own emotional impact. Red can be associated with violence and bloodshed‚ or it can be associated with love and intense emotions. In The Handmaid’s Tale‚ Offred‚ chosen to be a “baby-maker” for a couple she was assigned to‚ desires to escape the dystopian society that she lives in. Thus‚ Margaret creates a fictional government that uses totalitarianism‚ violence‚ and

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    Communication Purple Purse had utilized great source credibility. In a news release that was released September of 2014 they had Vicky Dinges‚ the senior vice president of corporate responsibility at Allstate support their recent celebrity ambassador. (“Allstate News Release‚” 2014). Which brings up Kerry Washington as a great credibility source due to her involvement with V-day (“Kerry Washington‚” 2014). The 200 bloggers that had shared their previous experiences with domestic violence like Jen Venegas

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    As a young woman of color the main focus of the newly elect president is that women of color of color the main focus for the newly elect president should be encouraging young woman further their education. The goal is to have more access to as many resources that are able in College /University’s to have a role model that leads by example. I encourage woman to go to college to get their Master‚ Bachelors‚ and Associates degree in the field they are going to peruse after graduating from College/University

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    Woman in a Purple Coat by Henri Matisse is a beautiful portrait. That is located at the Museum of Fine Arts‚ in The Audrey Jones Beck Building. It was made in 1937 during a period called Expressionism. This painting has a dimension of 81 cm x65.2 cm and has a smooth surface‚ when looking at it. This is one of the many oil painting that Matisse painted during his time. In the artwork the first thing we see is a woman wearing a long purple coat. Some might compare it to a trench coat in today’s modern

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    In the film color purple discrimination plays an important role defend the lifestyle on African American before civil right movement. The movie color purple African American women’s were faced with abuse harsh. The movie was made in Macon County Georgia. In there was two main difficult characters Celie in her sister Nettie. The color purple is a fictional movie that is told by a poor black women name Celie. She was living in

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    cruelty and isolation. After finding her voice and standing up for herself‚ Walker was able to confront the challenges life presented. Her experiences led to accomplishing extraordinary things like becoming an author. In one of her novels‚ The Color Purple‚ Walker creates Celie‚ the main character‚ to demonstrate her beliefs in women’s rights and equality for all. Alice Walker uses characterization and point of view to illustrate that with independence and love a woman’s life can be full of happiness

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    Conflict in Purple Hibiscus * In the novel‚ Purple Hibiscus‚ Adichie clearly portrays the conflicting oppression of Kambili’s patriarchal household - where she is ordered to follow a strict ‘schedule’ - to the realization of an almost ‘holiday’ like freedom she is exposed to when visiting Aunty Ifeoma and her family. * The author also intentionally expressed the Catholic upbringing of the protagonist in the novel and her brother‚ Jaja‚ as a stark contrast to their Auntie’s strong Igbo traditional

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    composer challenged you? Imagine this: you are only fourteen and raped by the man you call ‘father’. You have no one to turn to‚ fearing for your mother’s life‚ and even your own. Well‚ this is Celie’s harsh reality in Alice Walker’s novel The Colour Purple‚ a story about one African-American girl’s struggle to overcome racism‚ sexism and repression in pre-civil rights Southern America. Walker challenges and extends the understanding of readers through exploring confronting issues like female abuse and

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    From Walker’s pen strokes to Spielberg’s camera angles‚ ‘The Color Purple’ tells a hauntingly beautiful story of a woman who is chained at every limb by shackles of race‚ sex and sexuality. From sympathy to disgust‚ from resignation to faith‚ and from downright submission to transcendent triumph‚ “exploring the oppressions‚ the insanities‚ the loyalties and triumphs of black women" (O’Brien)‚ the film asks one basic question: ‘how much can you endure before you can exclaim that “I am an expression

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    Kambili Achike Kambili Achike is the central character in Purple Hibiscus and also the narrator of the story. She is an intelligent‚ observant‚ religious young woman‚ aged fifteen for much of the novel. At the same time‚ Kambili is shy and inhibited‚ at least until she has spent an extended amount of time away from her family home at the house of Aunty Ifeoma and her family. Kambili is the younger of Eugene and Beatrice Achike’s two children. Eugene Achike Eugene Achike is

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