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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…

This historical novel is written in first person points of view. The majority of the time is Celie’s voice, but Celie’s sister Nettie writes some of the letters that are in the book. The story covers thirty years of Celie’s life from childhood to her maturity as an independent woman. This story takes place during 1910 through 1940 in rural Georgia. The setting of Celie’s story is recognizable among poor blacks of the era. As a poor black woman, Celie’s bad treatment is easily ignored. Having…

She is an empowered, free-spirited jazz player. Shug is a very eccentric character, especially in her time. She fills the role of Celie’s friend and lover. She is described by Celie as, "the most beautiful woman I ever saw." (Walker 6). Shug is seen as self-centered and very unpredictable. Despite her superficial nature, Shug is lovable, and cares incredibly about Celie. She's known to push people away, but can't stand deprivation of attention. Her real name is Lilly but 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…

take the news very well. “‘Celie is moving to Memphis with me.’ ‘Over my dead body’, Mr.____ say. [...] ‘You a lowdown dog is what’s wrong, I say. It’s time to leave you and enter into the Creation. And your dead body just the welcome mat I need’” (Walker 199). This dinner is the turning point of Celie’s life, she becomes courageous and a powerful woman which is all thanks to…

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…

In the short essay, “Beauty: Dancer is the Self”, Walker recounts the story of how her impressions and beliefs of herself and the world were changed after her right eye was shot. The injury healed as a milky cataract, forever clouding vision from her eye. Walker immediately shifted from a confident, cute, intelligent girl to one who was stripped of self-esteem, and no longer believed herself to be beautiful…

In the short story Everyday Use, by Alice Walker, the author portrays two very different lifestyles. Through the eyes of two daughters, Maggie and Dee, who have chosen to live their lives in very different manners, the readers can choose which character to identify most with by deciding which characters values suits them best. Dee, who goes out to make a name for herself while leaving her past behind, in comparison to Maggie, who stays back with her Mama and makes the most of the surroundings…

A Fearless Girl Who Only Cares About Her Heritage “Everyday use” text is about a short story written by Alice Walker in the 1970s. As, “Everyday use” a film version by Bruce Schwartz released in 2005. In the “Everyday Use” text Mama is telling a short story about a single mother with two daughters. In the text Mama explains, that her two daughters are quite different from each other. Dee a young wild woman who is willing to search and make a vivid image of her heritage. Maggie a shy,…