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love” (Walker). While the existence of personhood is often questioned as an individual learns about life, The Color Purple provides critical insight to the growth of African Americans in The South. Alice Walker lived during the latter half of the twentieth century, in the rural South. Their work often reflects the trials faced in her adolescent. Specifically, their novel The Color Purple concerns an African American girl growing up in The South, dealing…

The award winning book The Color Purple by Alice Walker has been banned in many schools around the US. Alice Walker is an African-American author who was born February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. Walker was not only a author but she was Women’s Right Activist, and a Civil Rights Activist. Growing up for was not easy for her, she was youngest daughter of eight children. Her mother and father were sharecroppers; her mother worked as a maid to support them. According Biography.com, “Alice…

The Color Purple also showcases sacrifice within the context of a familial relationship, in the form of Celie and Nettie. As the oldest child in her family, Celie takes care of her younger siblings more and more as her mother becomes sicker, eventually becoming the surrogate mother for them once her mother dies. She also begins to take her mother’s place in another sense, because as her mother loses the inclination to be physical with her stepfather, she becomes the new provider for Alphonso’s…

Alice Walker is a famous civil rights activists and writer of the popular novel The Color Purple. Growing up during the era of segregation, Alice Walker portrayed a deeper view of the history of segregation in Georgia and individual experiences into all of her books and poems. Many have questioned the appropriateness of the usage of racism and sexism within her works like The Color Purple, as well as, her poems. This sparked an outrage in many libraries and schools in several states. Alice…

What is purple and pink and has success written all over her? Well, some might say that it is the very successful CEO of Lime Crime Cosmetics. Her name is Doe Deere and her rise to success was a bit bumpy. Still, she believes that pursuing her dream and never giving up is the key to her success story. The purple and pink haired CEO of Lime Crime Cosmetics was born in Russia. However, she moved to the United States at the age of 17 to pursue her dream. Her early dream was to become a musician.…

Allan Glickman AP Literature and Composition Mrs. Crespo Pd: 4th October 3rd, 2014 Title: The Color of Purple Author: Alice Walker Main Characters: Celie: The main character of the story and the narrator through letters. Her writings to “God” and her sister are viewed from her perspective. She grows up with no education and an abusive father who later takes her babies away from her. She moves out and marries Albert so that her sister, Nettie does not…

discrimination--when one race or sex has more power than the other has made a significant amount of impact on our society, ethics, and law. Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple, and Zora Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, both contribute to raising awareness and influencing the movement for black feminists. The Color Purple is about an African American woman named Celie, who survives the vigorous abuse from her father and husband, hoping that one day she will reunite with her…

Racism Towards African Americans Majority of people are labeled by stereotypes that society gives them and those people do not realize how discrimination affects an individual and therefore many authors have written novels to create awareness for this issue. Racism occurs when a certain race is discriminated and hated against. One day or another, one will face racism and although the reasons may be different, the outcomes are the same. It will either destroy one’s self-esteem or create…

As you read Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple you see the main character, Celie, “a terrorized and passive girl” (Lewis), grow as a person. She grows into a strong woman, whom can express her feelings. Weather that is her learning more about the world through her sister Nettie, or her trying to be strong like her step-daughter-in-law Sofia. But one thing I have noticed is that the book also explores her sexuality. Through the book Celie is sexually assaulted, raped, and abused throughout…

Walker’s The Color Purple and Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird are very powerful novels with noticeable similarities. The main characters of each novel, Scout and Celie are easily comparable. Scout and Celie are a sad, but realistic depiction of a young girl growing up as a member of their individual race and in the era of when the novels take place. Due to their sheltered upbringings, Scout and Celie are curious to make up for information that is kept from them. In addition, Scout and Celie display…