The Color Purple Theme Reflection In The Color Purple Walker expresses many ideas and themes. ... Walker used the character's confusion of gender roles to demonstrate the gender roles of today. Shug Avery is a character in the book who is not afraid of her sexuality and forwardness. ... She showed this theme in several of her characters. ... Walker developed her characters like they were people from the present stuck in the past with people from the past. ...

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The Color Purple is clearly an example of this genre in that it is written using a series of letters written by the principal character, Celie, and also her sister Nettie. ... In The Color Purple, Walker effectively uses the epistolary genre to communicate the thoughts and feelings of the novel's central character, Celie. ... The Color Purple closely follows the growth of Celie on her journey of self-discovery. ... Male characters within the Color Purple are generally presented in a negative way; Celie is raped by her step-father, Mr ____ and later suffers mental and physical abuse from h...

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THE COLOR PURPLE Alice Walker wrote this novel from her own personal experience, growing up in the rural South as an uneducated and abused child. ... In the novel Celie, the main character has to fight for her rights. ... In the novel she also uses color. The color purple is the color of royalty, which exemplifies the endless possibilities available to Celie and other black women if they stand up for their own rights. The Color Purple is a historical novel; it never refers to any factual events. ...

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"The Color Purple" by Alice Walker is a novel that is written in letterforms. ... What does the color "purple" symbolize Why did Alice Walker title her novel the "The Color Purple"? ... In 1982 Alice finished her novel "The Color Purple." "The Color Purple" is not like most novels. Writing the novel in letterform Alice Walker does not write a lot about the characters, the setting, and why the characters behave the way they do. ...

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a book about a young girl named Celie whose character undergoes a huge transformation in attitude from a passive and quite girl to a strong and courageously confident woman (Color 1). ... Throughout her life Walker went on to write many more books and win lots of awards, especially for her most famous book, The Color Purple. The Color Purple is said by many professionals to be Alice Walker's best piece of work. ... Peter Prescott comments in a Newsweek review that; "The Color Purple is an American novel of permanent importance, that rare sort of...

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The Color Purple Essay One of the most widely known and false stereotypes is that women belong in the kitchen, and men are suppose to make the money. In The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, there are some main characters that prove this stereotype wrong. ... "I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it. " I believe a woman being inferior to a man is our society's color purple. ...

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Alice Walker wrote The Color Purple to capture and illuminate the hardship and bitterness African American women had to face in the early 1900s. ... The Color Purple, was published in 1982. ... In The Color Purple, as in her other writings, Walker focuses on the theme of double repression of black women in the American experience. ... The primary theme of The Color Purple, though, reflects Walker's desire to project a positive outcome in life, even under the harshest conditions. ... In the screen translation of The Color Purple, Spielberg creates not only a faithful, but also a succes...

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The Women of Brewster Place and The Color Purple The Color Purple, is an epic tale of a woman's struggle to find equality, stability and freedom in a male dominated existence. ... Both "The Women of Brewster Place- and "The Color Purple- depict the battle of black women against the perils of society; these come in the form of abuse, discrimination, and poverty. In "The Color Purple-, Celie's development from innocence to awareness is a common theme. ... In "The Color Purple-, Cellie and Nettie both achieve their lifelong goals of togetherness and happiness. ... The central charac...

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All of these views are illustrated proficiently in Alice Walkers third novel, The Color Purple. ... The Color Purple includes many dynamic characters throughout. ... Celie in the looking glass: the desire for selfhood in The Color Purple. ... The Color Purple. ... Alice Walker: Color Purple author confron...

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The Characters of The Color Purple In The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, Celie, Nettie, and Mr.______ are developed gradually throughout the novel and their actions all seem to be intertwined and what happens to one of them effects one if not both of the other two. ... So between these two characters an sudden change from love to hate, and this could be down to the fact that Nettie develops ideas that makes her think that woman should be treated more like an equal then like a slave which most are. ... These are the main connections between these three main characters, and th...

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The Colour Purple Chapter 1 The first few pages begin Walker's narrative of the life of Celie, a fourteen-year-old black girl who lives with her dying mother and her sister, Nettie. Her stepfather, Alfonso, is portrayed as the villain of the narrative, first demanding sex from Celie's sick mo...

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In Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "The Color Purple," by , the main character Celie, is raised in a home where there has been a cycle of abuse for many generations. ... This is an example of just how powerful the Character Celie is in the novel, it shows that she started her life off in a cycle of abuse and then through hardships turned her life into something positive where she could help others. ... The character, Celie in "The Color Purple," shows how truly powerful women can be. Celie's character is so powerful by the way she has the ability to forgive the ones th...

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Assignment Revenge is the primary motivation in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," and Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights." ... In Alice Walker's, "The Color Purple," protagonist Celie, takes revenge on a patriarchal society that has suppressed her by proving that she has the skill and independence to start her own business. ... Revenge is more subtle in "The Color Purple," than the blatant presentation of it found in Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," but the outcome seems more successful as the motive is less selfish. Bronte shows throughout her novel that revenge is not th...

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Celie developed a lot during the course of the book, The Color Purple. In the beginning of the novel Celie's character was subservient, almost unable to function in everyday life. ... At the end of The Color Purple Celie says, "I"m poor, I"m black, I may be ugly and I can't cook but I"m here"(214). ...

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Abstract The research question of my extended essay is "How patriarchal and colonial oppression is expressed in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple?" ... Written in the backdrop of the 20th century American patriarchal society is the epistolary novel 'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker. ... The reason behind choosing The Color Purple is that it can be seen as both a feminist and a postcolonial novel and also because of how the protagonist, Celie meets through few of the aspects mentioned before. ... Alice Walker's The Color Purple touches on the triple problem of racism, ...

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So why would I choose the book, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, to illustrate my views on the "feminist approach" to literary theory? I believe The Color Purple to be the most complex, real and truthful novel I have ever read. ... Walker paints colourful characters in The Color Purple, each of them undergoing a series of changes. ... Walker managed to captivate me from the very first line in the book, and as I read on I found myself thinking The Color Purple to be a perfect way to illustrate feminism in literary criticism. ... I am interested to read more works by Walker, as I am sure she sh...

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Recently I had the opportunity to study your novel The Color Purple in my English course. ... Reader can actually find themselves in the different characters and their individual flaws. ... One feels compassionate towards the main character. ... Overall I can only say that the The Color Purple is an intriguing novel that has captured my interest. ... Yours sincerely, *** Analysis of letter My objective was to write a letter to Alice Walker, the author of The Color Purple, showing my insight and appreciation for her novel as well as asking questions on issues I wa...

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Alice Walker takes on a feminist tone in The Color Purple, a novel about the struggles between salvation and independence in which she discusses the oppression of black women. ... Harpo realizes that Sofia's strong character will not fade and they separate. Her character eventually leads her to jail when she disrespects the mayor's wife. ... One of the themes of The Color Purple is love redeems, hate kills and for Walker, redemptive love requires female bonding. ... The only way for a male character to become a positive good is to practically become a woman. ...

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There are several consequences of 'The Color Purple' being written in epistolary style. ... Shug Avery is an important character in Celie's life as is evident from her letters. ... Another consequence of 'The Color Purple' being written in epistolary form is that it opens up the potential for interaction. ... "An important juncture in Alice Walker's 'The Colour Purple' is reached when Celie first recovers the missing letters from her long-lost sister Nettie. ... In conclusion, the epistolary form of the novel shows how Celie's character has...

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What is Color? ... Is the color you are on the outside, the color you are on the inside? ... But it's unfortunate that people even today are judged by the color of their skin and not the content of their character as Martin Luther King Jr. has said. ... Not black or white, green, or even yellow with purple polka dots, color is a disguise of a person's character, which is the one true thing on this earth that is very much under appreciated. So what color are you? ...

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Salvation in Unexpected Ways Three novels that stand out because of their main character's contributions to others are "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey, and "Sula" by Toni Morrison. The main characters Celie, R.P. ... In Alice Walker's novel, "The Color Purple", the main character Celie acts as a human shield to protect her younger sister Nettie from abuse. ... The three novels "The Color Purple", "Sula" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" all have something in common. They all contain a character that in some way affect...

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The Color Purple is a contemporary, epistolary novel, set in the harsh, segregated world of the Deep South between the wars. Walker's use of letters or 'epistles' exchanged between characters, speaking to each other in an informal colloquial vocabulary, brings them to life and allows them to speak to each other directly. The author's irregular spelling contributes to this belief by emphasizing the characters' unique speech patterns, "Fonso, I ain't well...Naw I ain't gonna."... It is through education and the process of writing that Celie's character beg...

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The Influence of Shug as a secondary character on Celie Initially a person's perception changes when a significant other makes a lasting impression. ... In Alice Walker's "The Color Purple", Shug provides Celie with emotional fulfillment, spiritual guidance and familial connections. ... Shug says," I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it"(203) asserting her interpretation of God. Shug tells Celie, "You have to get man off your eyeball, before you can see anything a'tall"(204) The white God Celie imagines has obstr...

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Is Alice Walker the Symbolism Behind The Color Purple? ... The title, The Color Purple has a very big significance in the book. ... Celie is the main character of the novel, The Color Purple. ... Alice Walker is the symbolism behind the title The Color Purple. Everything needs to be noticed, even the color purple. ...

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The Color Purple is a story told in a series of diary entries and then in a series of letters. ... However, the characters never lose hope and never stay sad for very long; they are always laughing and telling jokes, no matter what happens. Explain what purpose each of the main characters had in the novel Mr. _____ represents the limitations and restrictons throught life that hold you back. ... There aren't many important characters in this book, but the story still has many different events that happen throught it, good and bad. ...

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