The Color Purple Sociological Analysis

The Color Purple is a phenomenal film that was orchestrated in 1986. This film illustrates different aspects of the sociology. It portrays different values and morals that one needs to understand people in their community. This will be shown through the films portrayal of stereotypes, socialization, role strain, gender socialization, conflict theory, discrimination, social stratification, ascribed status and achieved status through the main characters, such as Celie, Shug, Nettie, Mister and the other white people in the community.
Back in 1986, I believe black were being stereotype, because of the way things were back in the day. The black people in the community were seen as inferior to the white people, they would have all the low class …show more content…
The black people in the community didn’t have a choice to choose what race they wanted to be or status they should have in the community, they just had to deal with it and all the aspects that came with it, which they handled very well. However there were abusive actions going on in the African origin, Mister who was looked at on a more middle class level , forced Celie an early age to marry him because he could not get the prettier sister her father sold her to him. Throughout the years she was abused mentally and physically but never disrespected her husband because that is what a wife suppose to do. Celie Achieve status and break free from Mister eventually leaving with shug to go to the big city leaving him for good she been planning to make that move and that was her major accomplishment. Celie sister Nettie also falls into this category because even though she was brought up in poverty, she always love reading and learning new things, till she was forced to leave the village because Mister tried to rape her. She left and return with her sister long loss children that she had with her father. Nettie was highly educated by this time she was speaking different