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Color Purple
While setting is extremely important in most stories, it is essential to Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Celie's life is extremely tragic, but it is important to the outcome of the story for one to view Celie, not as a victim, but as the protagonist, and, eventually, the hero. In order to view Celie in this manner, it has to be clear that she begins the story without any options as to how to escape from her father and later, Mister. In a time and place where child protective services and women's shelters provide options, it is hard to understand Celie's mindset and her life circumstances. Therefore, it is necessary to be transported to the South during the Jim Crow era.
It is only within the context of this setting, where men where prized above women and blacks had few rights, that one can really understand what a strong person Celie is. When being raped by her father, and believing that he is murdering her babies, Celie does not have the option of turning to the police or speaking...
Instead, she lives with the abuse. What is amazing is that, even without a good role model or someone to help her, Celie is clearly a good person. She knows that she is powerless to end her father's abuse, but she acts to keep him from abusing her sister, Nettie.
Setting is also essential later in the story, when Celie leaves Mister. Resigned to living with a man who, although no longer physically abusive, offers her little, Celie only leaves Mister when she discovers that he has been hiding Nettie's letters. Leaving a husband and living single, at that time and in that place, was an amazingly courageous thing to do. Furthermore, the fact that Celie leaves Mister, not in a hateful manner, but matter-of-factly, indicates what a wonderful person she is. Celie is not ruled by hatred, but by love, and is her love for Nettie, not her hatred for Mister, that causes her to end that relationship.
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I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men" (46). Sofia is brazen and outspoken and has little in common with the often-beaten and intimidated Celie. Celie says, "I like Sofia, but she don't act like me at all. If she talking when Harpo and Mr. ____ come
Expressions Through Writing In The Color Purple, symbolism is used to reflect the struggles of the main characters. The main protagonist is Celie, who is a young African-American girl in the South. She is not fitting in with society for a number of reasons. First, she has a very low social standing, being part of the underclass. But in addition to this, she is abused by her father, Alphonso. Celie is
Color Purple- Film and Book The Color Purple is a deeply through-provoking and highly engrossing tale of three black women who use their personal strength to transform their lives. Alice Walker's work was published in 1982 and it inspired Steven Spielberg so much that he began working on its film version as soon as the novel won accolades for its brilliant storyline and powerful narrative. However the movie, though it
Color Purple, directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the eponymous novel by Alice Walker, recounts the tale of Celie Harris and the obstacles she had to overcome in order to achieve the freedom she longed for and deserved. The Color Purple deals with many social issues including racism, sexism, and poverty, but a major underlying theme within the film is belonging. There are many ways in which the
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