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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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... The Color Purple is set in Rural Georgia during 1910 through 1940. ... She enjoys and appreciates the little things in life, like the color of purple in a field. ...

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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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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. ... One of the themes of The Color Purple is love redeems, hate kills and for Walker, redemptive love requires female bonding. ...

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Color in toys for example is one way to easily identify weather a toy is meant for a boy or a girl. ... This section as you well know is inundated with the colors pink and purple. ... For example the two Power Wheels Jeeps are completely identical except for the color the one perceived as the Boys is blue with black wheels and where as the one perceived as the Girls is pink with purple tires. Pink and Purple are perceived as feminine colors and therefore are placed on the boxes and items that are purchased for young girls. ...

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Little girls are dressed in pink and purple, soft and gentle colors. ... The person is almost instantly bombarded by pinks, purples, and light pastel greens. Once a girl is of school age and is allowed to choose her own clothes, she will mostly gear toward the same exact color. ... On the other hand if the girl is raised in blue jeans, T-shirts, and shorts in every color of the rainbow, she might be a very casual dresser. ...

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All of the sporting equipment is black, brown, gray, or some other relating color. ... Along with the smell and the color, the organization of this store also makes it obvious that Hibbett Sports is a male's territory. ... They may have a certain color that they are to wear, but girls can wear feminine clothing and men can wear masculine clothing. ... The only girl equipment was some small purple and pink hand weights. ...

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The Colors changed from pink and purple to orange, red, black and dark blue. ... Not only this, but they had to have the perfect hairstyle, long silky hair with a color that fits the norms of society. ...

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All people in the world are different in their own individual way. It is the behavior of each person that makes up their identity. It all comes down to what makes up who a person is and what characteristics they have that builds to develop the personality and the inner self which creates an identity...

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