Most times (she) pretends she (is not) there. (Albert) never asks (her) how (she) feels, (he) just does his business, get off and goes to sleep. (She feels like) he going to the toilet on (her). I don't like it at all He git up on you, heist your night gown round your waist, plunge in. Most times I pretend I ain't there. He never ast me how I feel, nothing. Just do his business, get off, go to sleep. 'You make it sound like he going to the toilet on you.' That what it feel like, I say." (Walker 79).
Albert and Celie's sex life is not like a regular happy couple's; she does not enjoy it or feels love from him. She treats it like something she needs to allow him to do and tries her best to endure it. This lowers her self-confidence. Celie understands that Albert is using her just like her father for his sexual desires and feels like an object. She has an unhealthy relationship with her husband which causes her emotional discomfort. Despite all the abuse Celie receives, she still decides to stay and abide by it due to the psychological effects the mistreatment brings her. When she is seen allowing Albert's children to abuse her, someone asks her why she does not fight back and protect herself , but "(She) don't fight, (she) stay where (she's) told. But (she's) alive" (Walker 29). Celie's mentality is to always do as she is told no matter what because she believes it assures that she will be alive. Therefore she resorts in submission and obedience in order to survive. Fear binds her to her constant abusive lifestyle. Therefore, Celie gains psychologically effects through her new abusive family. Celie's experiences of abuse may not be similar to Saul's, however they strongly relate in the affects the abuse causes them.
Similar to Celie, Saul suffers from abuse. His experiences also cause him physical, emotional and psychological effects. Although Saul does not experience pregnancy like Celie, he undergoes another type of physical effect as a result of the abuse he goes through.
The Color Purple Theme Reflection In The Color Purple Walker expresses many ideas and themes. A major theme that I saw was the gender roles were often confused from the traditional roles that are often portrayed. In present time many men and women have also strayed from the traditional ste...
Johnson begin n 1845 and takes place in Indian country. ... The story begins as "Horse" is seeking to be among his equals, and becomes captured by the Crow Indians. ... "He lay dazed and battered near a teepee while the noisy, busy life of the camp swarmed around him and the Indians came to stare". This shows that the Indians were really interested in the white man because they interrupted their busy lifestyle to come and see "Horse". ... The author shows that Horse has a low self esteem of him self right now, and if he reacts to the punishment of the Indians wrongly they will torture him, s...
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. ... Walker appeared to learn from this problem and went on to write a sequel to The Color Purple which addresses Nettie and her outcome. Nettie still plays a significant role in Th...
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 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. ...
"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"? The color "purple" is an important symbol because it concern the life of young Celie and the pains and sorrows she lives through. ... In 1982 Alice finished her novel "The Color Purple." "The Color Purple" is not like most novels. ...
Character Analysis of Horse The story "A Man Called Horse," by Dorothy M. ... On his journey he encounters a big surprise; the Crow Indians. ... The Indians tied a ". . . rawhide thong around his neck, as though he was a horse- Being a slave to these people they had no respect for him. ... She accepted, "He was no more a horse, but a kind of man, a half-Indian, still poor and unskilled but laden with honor." ... Horse kills a man from a neighboring tribe and runs off with his horses. ...
The Color Purple There is much controversy about weather or not the book, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, is an appropriate reading material for the high school classrooms. ... Additionally, it was not uncomfortable discussing any of the content of The Color Purple aloud in class. ... In conclusion, I consider Alice Walker's The Color Purple, to be a suitable novel for a high school classroom to read. ...
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. ...
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...
