In the present day, most of the countries visited are filled with all types of races and cultures. The world is a big melting pot, a mixing of cultures, beliefs, backgrounds, and religions. This can be most notably seen in the Unites States and various countries throughout Europe. As the world evolved and nations began to grow, different types of races and cultures were put at the bottom of the social class. History has revealed a nation battled itself, the American Civil War, just for equality, birth rights, and freedom. While decades passed the same cycle was repeated an ocean away during the second World War. In reading the following novels, To Kill a Mockingbird, Night, Native Son, and The Color Purple, teaches the reader that racism against
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She begins writing letters and praying to God, since she has nobody to share her secrets. According to Alphonso, “You better not ever tell nobody but God” (Walker 3). Alice Walker captures and clarifies the hardship and bitterness African American women have encountered, and focuses on such themes as: strong relationships between women and the inferiority of women to men. Throughout the story, women are portrayed as being less than to men, beaten and forced to care for a men, without hatred or animosity. Celie was later forced to marry Albert who is really similar to Alphonso. Her husband, Albert, is manipulitive and physically and sexually abuses her. Strong relationships between women is another theme, which provided love in a world filled with male violence in this novel. Celie's sister, Nettie left home when Celie married. Soon, Celie learns her husband had been hiding letters that were from Nettie, who she assumed was dead. They were later united at the end of the book. Shug Avery is everything Celie was not, she also motivated Celie to be independent and teaches her to find her voice. Alice Walker uses various symbols to not only unite her audience, but to also illustrate her personal views and
She begins writing letters and praying to God, since she has nobody to share her secrets. According to Alphonso, “You better not ever tell nobody but God” (Walker 3). Alice Walker captures and clarifies the hardship and bitterness African American women have encountered, and focuses on such themes as: strong relationships between women and the inferiority of women to men. Throughout the story, women are portrayed as being less than to men, beaten and forced to care for a men, without hatred or animosity. Celie was later forced to marry Albert who is really similar to Alphonso. Her husband, Albert, is manipulitive and physically and sexually abuses her. Strong relationships between women is another theme, which provided love in a world filled with male violence in this novel. Celie's sister, Nettie left home when Celie married. Soon, Celie learns her husband had been hiding letters that were from Nettie, who she assumed was dead. They were later united at the end of the book. Shug Avery is everything Celie was not, she also motivated Celie to be independent and teaches her to find her voice. Alice Walker uses various symbols to not only unite her audience, but to also illustrate her personal views and