Color Purple Comparison

Pedophilia, racism , and terrible events , all recurring topics in both “The Bluest Eye “ and “The Color Purple” . Both movie and book cover uncomfortable , yet real topics that people of color were faced with in earlier times.Two girls specifically I am going to compare is a girl named Celie and a girl named Pecola , both had certain similar situations. A topic that I will start off with , is how in both the movie and book , a girl was raped at a young age which caused them to become pregnant. Both movie and book deal with the young girls pregnancy differently , but both also were able to show/describe what the girls were feeling. Now after giving a little info about the girls problem , I will go more in depth comparing and contrasting. In the novel “The Bluest Eye” a young girl named Pecola was raped by her own father.
Since Pecola was so young her baby did not turn out healthy , eventually Pecola's baby past away. Like Pecola's story , in the movie “The Color Purple” a girl named celie was raped by her stepfather. But unlike the novel , Celie had two kids, and they did not die, instead Celie’s kids were shipped off to africa . Though both girls pregnancies had different out comes, the stories both show how living was a struggle for …show more content…
Which is both Pecola both have a certain personality trait in common. Both Pecola and Cecile are quiet and have a problem standing up for themselves. In the novel , a girl is talking about Pecola and the people with her , Instead of talking back Pecola just stays quiet. Just like in the book, in the movie Celie also shows the same personality trait. In the movie , Celie is abused by her “husband” verbally and physically, instead of standing up for herself Celie just does whatever her husband says and doesn't say a word. But, unlike Pecola Celie ends up standing up for herself at the end of the movie, at the dinner