"The Color Purple" is a very powerful film that tells the story of Celie‚ a poor black woman living in the old south. The film begins at her childhood and follows her up to old age. She was raped and abused by her father as a young woman and was sent to marry and equally abusive man‚ Albert. The various people in Celie’s household may seem strange in their actions to an outsider. However‚ if one examines the actions of the characters‚ their behabiors can be explained‚ and sometimes justified‚ by
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story and have many similarities. However‚ there always seems to be events or details that are changed to fit the film. From the way the characters develop‚ to what the symbols stand for‚ Alice Walker’s novel‚ “The Color Purple‚” and Steven Spielberg’s make of the movie‚ “The Color Purple‚” show signs of similarity and a few details that make them unique. First‚ the 295 page book about a girl growing up being abused and not having a say in how she wants to live her life‚ was published in 1982. Steven
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What’s Black‚ White‚ and The Color Purple? “First he put his thing up against my hip and sort of wiggle it around. Then he grab hold my titties. Then he push his thing inside my pussy. When that hurt‚ I cry. He start to choke me‚ saying You better shut up and get used to it.”(Walker 1). If you as a parent took The Color Purple off the shelves and just opened the book you would begin by reading the quote above. As a parent who just opens the book and reads the first two pages‚ already‚ based
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Finding Your Voice: An Analysis of The Color Purple “Who do you think you is? he say... Look at you. You black‚ you pore‚ you ugly‚ you a woman. Goddam‚ he say‚ you nothing at all.” (187) Alice Walker‚ the author of The Color Purple‚ focuses on the struggles of a poor and uneducated African American girl‚ who is verbally‚ physically and sexually abused by several men in her life. She feels worthless and becomes completely submissive. Her only way to express her feelings is through private
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included in the high school curriculum. As a novel as timeless and beautiful as The Color Purple‚ it may not be suitable for the high school level. Due to its sexual content‚ and themes of abuse‚ this novel does not belong in the high school curriculum. Throughout the novel The Color Purple‚ sexual assault is a main focus in which the novel gives graphic detail. In the beginning of the novel‚ main protagonist Celie is raped by her father and has two children with him. Although later in the novel it
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The Power of Sisterhood: A Feminist Reading of The Color Purple In The Color Purple‚ there is clearly a Feminist Criticism approach displayed. In the opening pages‚ Alice Walker‚ examines the injustice and abuse felt by the main characters through descriptions of the events in which they suffer though. These actions interestingly follow along with the meanings of feminist Criticism. “Feminist criticism examines the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine
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order to achieve a sense of Self and Identity. The texts I have chosen illustrate the hazards of Western religion‚ Rape‚ Patriarchal Dominance and Colonial notions of white supremacy; an intend to show how the protagonists of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple as well as Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye‚ cope with or crumble due to these issues in their struggle to find their identities. The search for self-identity and self-knowledge is not an easy task‚ even more so when you are a black woman and considered
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the story “The Bluest Eye” & the movie “The Color Purple”. In the story “The Bluest Eye” was mostly about A girl name Pecola Breedlove. Pecola was the daughter of Mrs. Pauline Breedlove‚ and Cholly Breedlove‚ also the sister of Sammy her 14 year old brother who ran away. In The Movie it was about the main character‚ Ms. Celie‚ she was Common law wife of Albert. They had 2 kids‚ named (Olivia & Adam). Introducing the other characters in The Color Purple… Shug Avery‚ A Juke Joint Singer. Harpo‚ Albert’s
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themselves‚ but most ended up lost as slaves to their husbands. Celie clearly belonged to the second group. In such tough life‚ she always was a follower‚ she never stood up for herself. A total opposite of that‚ belonging to the 1st group‚ was Shug. Celie first came across to know Shug from a picture she found. Ever since that first glance she felt a sudden burst of admiration. In her eyes she was a role model. Shug was what Celie forever dreamed of being. Later on when she actually met Shug that
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again. This is what happens to Celie‚ the main character in the novel The Color Purple written by Alice Walker and the movie The Color purple directed by Steven Spielberg. The novel The color purple was published in 1982. The story is told through letters written by Celie to God. The only sentences outside the letters are the first two “You better not never tell nobody. It’d kill your mammy.” The story follows Celie throughout her life starting from when she was 14. Celie is a poor black girl from
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