Alice Munro

The color purple isn’t a life that I have personally lived or seen others around me live but it is a life that can be experienced by others around the globe. The connection doesn’t need to start from one being sexually abused by the father but it can be a woman finding out who she really is after the worst has happened to her. A connection to the color purple can be one that comes from the movies. In Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family reunion Lisa Breaux, one of Madea's nieces, is engaged to an…

1. Why did Mrs. Rabbit tell the rabbits not to go into Mr. McGregor’s garden? Mrs. Rabbit told the rabbits not to go into Mr. McGregor’s garden because it was dangerous, if Mr. McGregor find a rabbit in his garden they could finish like their father, who “had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.” 2. Why did Peter go into Mr. McGregor’s garden? Peter went into Mr. McGregor’s garden because Peter was a “very naughty” young rabbit; a warning of danger was like a spark of…

The Color Purple is a novel by Alice Walker in 1982. The principal character and narrator of the story, Celie is a fourteen year old girl who encounters emotional, psychological and physical torment on account of the men throughout her life. She is impregnated twice by her step father Alphonso and sold to a chauvinistic man named Mister, who regularly beats and sexually assaults her. Henceforth, Alice Walker expands upon a focal topic of the novel i.e. the state of women and their normative…

The relationships women form not only reveals the treatment behind the labels of relationships but also the role of women that society has placed upon them. The novel, The Color Purple, is written through a series of letters, often from the protagonist to God. The protagonist, Celie, is a woman who has been oppressed and hurt by men from a young age. Celie is a kind, caring woman who does everything she can to impress the people in her life disregarding the consequences. One of Celie’s…

skeptical about it. All of a sudden once it started I was very into the movie. This movie is very powerful, it’s about a group of women trying to get the 19th amendment passed, and getting women’s equality. The leader of this suffragette group is Alice Paul. Her Best friend Lucy Burns could also be the leader, they are both very smart and dedicated. They are the women who started the big petition, they got hundreds of other women involved. All these women joined the National American Women…

Alice Walker is a very well-known American author and is particularly known for her award-winning book “The Color Purple.” Walker makes a point to make the titles of her literary work display the exact meaning behind her work. Such as in “The Color Purple” the title comes from a scene in the book in which Shug Avery asks Celie if she takes the time to notice what little things God does to show them that he loves them. Then Shug replies with, "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color…

went on with his friend, Alice, and her sisters (Popova). On this boat ride, he told the children about the story of Wonderland, which later inspired his book called Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Popova). This poem reflected the loss of Carroll 's loved one. As Alice grew up, she is not naïve and optimistic like she used to be when was a little girl. As a result, Carroll was disheartened by her transition into adulthood because he adored the childlike image of Alice in her childhood. In a…

1. Plot Summary The story of The Lovely Bones begins on December 6, 1973. Susie Salmon, the narrator, has been raped and murdered by her neighbor, George Harvey, and is telling the story from her Heaven. Harvey has lured Susie into a cornfield where he commits his crime, leaving behind only an elbow as evidence. He has a plan to dispose of her body, so he “[takes] the waxy orange sack of [her] remains to a sinkhole eight miles from [their] neighborhood,” where he knows they will disappear…

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll, at first glance seems like nothing, but a childish fairy tale, but has undertones of mature themes. This story utilizes fictional themes, but still capture the morale of how difficult growing up can be. Alice is an ordinary girl who falls down the “rabbit hole” into a psychotic world of madness and impossible situations. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a remarkably creative tale that uses its fictional situations to reflect the dark trial of…

It’s a Monday morning when your eyes open to the annoying sound of your phone alarm. You swiftly silent it while you proceed to steal an extra 15 minutes of sleep. Assuming you are similar to most Americans, you probably walked to the bathroom to get ready for your day. Brushing teeth, washing one’s face, and combing one’s hair are just a few examples. Once fully dressed and ready to leave your house or dorm, you hastily rush out the front door. Pause. How many times did you look in the mirror,…