Alice Liddell

Throughout history there have been many depictions of the struggles that black women face and how those struggles are overcome. Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” showcases Celie’s journey of self-discovery and the struggles that must be overcome in order to find one’s self. Celie has many different relationships with the minor characters, such as Mr._, who shows Celie that people can change, Sofia & Harpo, who reverse gender roles and show Celie the error in her ways, Nettie & Shug who…

the readers, have no info on her name, but I’m going to use Alice. We do have information on her age. This book is based on the 1960’s and in the beginning of the book, she just turned 15. Her first time using drugs weren’t on purpose, however she does get sucked into the world of them. She eventually becomes an addict, but there are some moments that they tried to stop, but relapses. And that is why I do want to become her friend. Alice does use drugs for the majority of the book, but there…

The Truth about Alice is a novel written by Jennifer Mathieu. The purpose of writing a project is to educate the readers about the book that they may be interested in. By reading a report on a novel you will be able to see if you are interested or not in that book. Within this book, the author, Jennifer Mathieu has included three themes. These three themes are texting and driving, partying, and how word travels fast when you live in a small town. I chose these three themes to write about because…

were picketing the president and were arrested for obstructing traffic. They were then sent to jail, and after they refused to eat, Alice Paul was force fed. This left an impression on me because in order for someone to go through all of the pain, they must have really wanted to make a point and fight for their cause. This part of the movie showed just how dedicated Alice along with all the people who supported her were for their cause, and showed to great lengths they were willing to fight. I…

The protagonist Celie life have much understanding of struggle and she realizes that her life is filled with pain and struggle of all sorts; her stepfather and husband is mostly the cause of it. Alice Walker portrays Celie in the beginning of the story as this weak-minded young woman who life is helpless and will become nothing other than the generalized life of an African-American woman in this time period. Celie is abuse sexually and physically by her stepfather, for things she doesn’t do.…

The Color Purple could really have 10 different themes but the one that made most sense was the power of love and Alice Walker really nailed it. The book is centered around Celie, the main character whom at the beginning of the story is 14 years old. At the beginning love isn't a thing for her especially with her father Alphonso who rapes her and disregards her. As the story comes along Celie begins to build a relationship with Shug Avery and her sister Nettie which leads her to learn the true…

To begin with, the book ‘The Color Purple’ is composed by Alice Walker set between the 1960s or early 1970s, a confused time period when African Americans were coping with defining and grabbing control of their social, cultural, and political identity in American society. The book tells a story about a tangled of woman linked by their strong affection for each other, men with corruption, and the children they have responsibility for. In the beginning of the letters, Celie confessed to God about…

The novel, The Color Purple, was set in a time period when African Americans and women struggled. African Americans were the inferior race and women were looked at as the inferior gender. The main character, Celie, just so happened to be both and suffered a great deal of problems. Her story had a bad start and it just spiraled from there. Celie was raped by her “Pa” and it took a toll on her whole life. She wrote letters to God to express her feelings and used the letters as a “safe haven.”…

Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is about a young girl named Susie Salmon in Pennsylvania who is raped and murdered by her neighbor Mr. Harvey on December 6, 1973 and watches her family and friends cope with her untimely death. Susie has a family of five, her included. Abigail, Jack, Lindsey, and Buckley. One day as she is walking home on her own, Mr. Harvey convinces her to come inside a hole he made in a cornfield. “It’s dark Susie,” he said. (3) When she is in the hole he says, “‘Take your…

Period of Grief The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold follows the life of Susie Salmon, who is the victim of a brutal rape and murder at the hands of her neighbor Mr. Harvey. Once dead, Salmon and her family both struggle with accepting her death. Susie specifically struggles with letting go of life and those she loves back on Earth. For this reason, she and her family remain stuck in the In-Between, which is her own version of Heaven. With her case remaining unsolved for years, her family is…