Schmidt Honors English II 17 September 2002 The Color Purple, by Alice Walker is a historical novel showing how an uneducated, fourteen-year-old black girl living in rural Georgia between 1910 through 1940 can overcome years of abuse and betrayal, and become an independent, confident woman. ... During this time period of time, it is considered right for Sofia, a black woman to be a maid. ... The consequences for a black person disobeying a white authority figure would be severe. ... A different example of racism is when Eleanor Jane brings her baby boy for Sofia to bless. ... During Nett...

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Their monitoring was as discreet as probable, and they intermingled modestly with the children, even though from time to time a child would ask what they were doing or "write " their own "notes " while sitting next to them. ... The boys were more prone to wear black, green, and orange, they never wore pink. ...

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