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    The film, The Color Purple, by Alice Walker is a decent case on how over the years ladies have been making noteworthy steps towards making progress, acknowledgment and equality. Another common issues in this motion picture is the various sexual experiences Celie has to experience which speaks to ladies around the word. From the day they started their closeness to each other, gaining solidarity which they never fully used to get in advance of their amazing objective. Their specific objective was…

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    Alice Walker’s The Color Purple explores feminism in a low class environment, the importance of religion, and power structures within race and sex. Although this novel was published in 1982, and set in the time periods 1910-1940, the themes are still relevant to today. During these years, Celie becomes obsessed over Shug. Even though all Celie has is a picture, she lives off of that and hearing stories. Soon Shug comes to Albert’s place due to a sickness and Celie is left in charge to take care…

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    The Color Purple was written by prize- winning African American novelist and poet, Alice Walker. Published in 1982, Walker portrayed the love woman could have for each other, and the men who abuse them. As the main character, Celie grows and becomes more of a woman then she thought she could ever be. Alice Walker in The Color Purple uses author, historical perspective, symbolism, quotations and characters and most importantly themes to reflect on what the common African American experiences in…

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    The Color Purple by Alice Walker, is a book about a protagonist named Celie were she starts at the age of 14 years old and as time passes she progresses in age. Celie came from an abusive home where she has 3 childrens with her father. After Celie’s mom died, her abusive cruel father basically forced her to marry and specific man named Albert. Albert has three kids already before even marrying Celie, and the oldest child is named Harpo. Celie didn’t like living in Harpo’s home at all until…

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    Colour: In panel 7 the visual technique used is the colour purple, it was selected to demonstrate the characteristics of the new world. As the colour purple associates with royalty, ambition, wisdom, mystery, magic and independence it is clear that the new world will hold these features. The colour purple is intentionally selected to show how Alice is an independent girl as she is going on an adventure alone. The purple contrasted against the yellow as it gives a pop of bright colour attracting…

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    blacks of the era. As a poor black woman, Celie’s bad treatment is easily ignored. Having very little education or even experience with the outside world, Celie lives most of her life isolated and ignorant. The protagonist and narrator of The Color Purple. Celie is an uneducated, poor black woman with a depressing personal history. She…

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    Character: The main characters in The Color Purple are strong individuals, who have dealt with heavy hearts. Most of the characters in the novel are flat and static; for many of the characters don't go through any major changes or breakthroughs by the end of the book. Celie on the other hand, is both round and dynamic. Celie went through a total change of character by the end of the novel. She's round because her character started as a quiet, and girl who was constantly taken advantage of. She…

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    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…

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    Color Purple Gender Roles

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    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…

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    Purple Hibiscus

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    In Purple Hibiscus, author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illustrates a story of religion, abuse, and love. Ostensibly, Kambili Achike and her brother, Jaja, live happily in an enormous house with a father that the church regards as higher than God. However, within the walls of the house, Kambili and Jaja are restricted by their authoritative father, who physically punishes his family when he perceives that they have committed a sin. The siblings are unaware of the precarious environment they reside…

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