Whitney Johnson-Jackson LBST 2212-112 Ms. Cochran February 14‚ 2012 The Color of Water Reflective Writing 1 Throughout my reading of this prolific non-fiction novel‚ one thing that seems to keep appearing frequently in my reading is the burden of secrets and their effects‚ more specifically with Ruth and her Jewish family. Ruth’s family was kept a secret for the majority of her own children’s adolescent years. Her desire to never speak of the relatives that claimed her “dead” seemed to haunt
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The Colors of India “Taste is colored not just by the gustatory properties of the food itself‚ but its smell‚ sound‚ and appearance as well as by expectations… (Len Tiu Wright‚ 1).” In India‚ every corner turned is a plunge into cultural diversity. The people‚ the landscape‚ the aroma-infused air; to us it seems so exotic‚ but most of them probably don’t think twice about their divergent surroundings. That’s because‚ “while in India‚ living with cultural diversity is living in an environment
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The theme of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is very straightforward and simple. Like many other novels devoted to the mistreatment of blacks and black women especially‚ The Color Purple is dedicated to black women’s rights. Much of the narrative in Walker’s novel is derived from her own personal experience‚ growing up in the rural South as an uneducated and abused child. In short‚ the goal of this book and indeed all her writing is to inspire and motivate black women to stand up for their rights
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“The Color of the Water” which rested on the New York Times bestseller list for two years was written by James McBride who is an accomplished author‚ musician and screenwriter. “Miracle at St. Anna” (2004)‚ “Song Yet Sung” (2009) and “The Good Lord Bird” (2013) are the other books he wrote. He has also worked a former staff writer for The Boston Globe‚ People Magazine and The Washington Post. His work has appeared in Essence‚ Rolling Stone‚ and The New York Times. McBride is a native New Yorker and
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The Color Purple Shug writes Celie and tells her that she has a huge surprise for her‚ which happens to be a new husband‚ Grady. Celie is not fond of Grady because she feels like he just married to Shug for her money. Celie has not yet told her friend how she feels because she is afraid of hurting her feelings. Shug brings him over to celebrate Christmas with all of them. During Christmas‚ Grady and Mr. _____ drink while Celie and Shug spend some much needed time together. Shug tells Celie how
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The Color Purple In “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker‚Celie has been verbally‚ physically‚ and sexally abused by different men and has no real narrative voice. Which leaves her with little sense of self worth making her unable to live a happy‚ decent life. When Celie comes across Shug Avery‚ their relationship becomes intimate making Celie find her self with self confidence. Celie freed Shug from the role that everybody wanted her to fit into‚ and Shug freed Celie from the psychological
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker is the story of two sisters‚ Cellie and Nettie. In the beginning‚ Celie is a fourteen year old African girl who has/is being abused‚ and who writes letters to God. Thirty years later‚ at the end of the book ‚ she fought through a male controlled and prejudice society. In the first letter Cellie wrote to God‚ we learned that she was raped by her father and he made sure that she wouldnt tell anyone except for God. She got pregnant twice and was forced‚ by her father
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given to an acrobat‚ an escape artist‚ or a magician. Nick is particularly taken with Gatsby and considers him a great figure. He sees both the extraordinary quality of hope that Gatsby possesses and his idealistic dream of loving Daisy in a perfect world. Though Nick recognizes Gatsby’s flaws the first time he meets him‚ he cannot help but admire Gatsby’s brilliant smile‚ his romantic idealization of Daisy‚ and his yearning for the future. The private Gatsby who stretches his arms out toward the green
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Without Remorse By Tom Clancy John Kelly and two other UDT men are performing a maritime demolition of an oil-rig irreparably damaged by Hurricane Camille while we come to know when Kelly’s wife was killed in a car accident when she was pregnant. Kelly was very sad and was broke after her death. There is one more important person Colonel Robin Zacharias who was shot along with his backseater during a Wild Weasel strike over North Vietnam‚ John Tait who was killed while Zacharias was been captured
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The role and mode of “God” The role and mode of God changes throughout the book The Color Purple as Celie develops as a result of different experiences. From her conversation with Shug her whole view of God changes and so do her feelings about what she can do. From a young age Celie has written to God and she believes that he has been listening. Celie confesses to both Shug and Nettie that she has stopped writing to God. She says “Anyhow‚ I say‚ the God I been praying and writing to is a man.
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