Purple Mangosteen

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it," This…

less power. Spielberg shows this theme gradually in the movies The Color Purple and Schindler’s List. He shows the relationships between the characters of different statuses through character development, major events, and the influence of characters on other characters. Character development filmed in The Color Purple and Schindler’s List show the audience a clear sense of a difference in authority. In the film The Color Purple, Spielberg introduces Celie as the minority to Mister; who is…