Celie

It details the life of an African American woman named Celie in early 20th Century Georgia. She struggles against spousal abuse and racism to realize her potential and follow her dreams, a journey exemplified perfectly by the quote, “I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here” (207). Hailed as a classic of African-American and feminist literature, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It displays diversity as the main character of the work is an African-American woman, a viewpoint not often shown in media. The vast majority of characters in the novel are African-American as well, which is also a rare

Throughout the story, several women were extremely mistreated by men. The oppression of women is unmistakable in The Color Purple. It is particularly exposed in association between Celie and her farther. At a very young age Celie was subjected to oppression. Celie was raped repeatedly and pregnant twice by her stepfather and was told to keep quiet about it. "You better not never tell nobody but God, It'd kill your mammy" (stepfather). I believe this is when Celie began to fear men for most of her life. This act towards any woman is very demeaning.

Told through a series of letters to God, Celie shares her story. Impregnated twice by her father, Celie’s children are taken away

The Color purple is a book with a sad start. We follow a girl named Celie who is constantly sexually abused and assaulted. Throughout the book Celie becomes stronger with the help of friends and her own will power. This forms a connection between The Awakening and The Color Purple, because both girls have hard lives and in a way they break free. This book was tough to read at the start due to the graphic nature of some of the scenes. It made me almost uncomfortable reading some of the pages, because these things actually happen today also. The main symbolism and metaphors I found are purple as a color, god and

Walker`s diction throughout the book emphasizes the inexperience of a young girl that is illiterate and existing in a land where men are considered dominate forces of every demeanor of life. Celie cultured how she was to submit to man, men in general which caused Celie to inhibit all of her own hopes and dreams. The moment Shug Avery and Sofia are introduced in the text we began to see the indoctrinated woman Celie really is within herself. Shug Avery is the perfect epitome of what it means to be an independent woman that Celie desires to be but cannot find the inner courage to become. Celie learned to stand up for herself and emerged as a powerful and astute woman through Shug`s yearning and inspiration. Celie encountered a lot of violence that was very uncomfortable and intolerable for her. Many of

Firstly, The Color Purple (1982) is written by the African- American novelist Alice Walker. For creating such an innovative novel, Alice Walker’s The Color Purple won both the Pulitzer Price and the National Book Award. Walker initiated her novel by a confession that The Color Purple is her spiritual journey and the female protagonist represents her during this journey. The novel is made up of 90 letters written by Celie to God and some of these letters are written by Nettie to her sister Celie. These letters are similar to a diary that Celie finds as a way to express her feelings , emotions and thoughts in a place she is not permitted to be free. Generally, the novel portrays a life and a journey of a young fourteen -year- old black girl who is persecuted throughout her life from her stepfather who repeatedly raped her and forced her to marry a cruel man who, in turn, oppressed her.

The Color Purple has a very sad, serious, and honest tone. The intention of the passages can include much imagery by the thought that go through someone’s head while they read. There are a few moments of humor but the main point doesn’t include funny moments. This novel is about passing through very serious moments, full of sadness, and tragedy. a woman who suffered many difficult casualties one on top of the other but managed to keep strong and face her problems. Celie the protagonist, writes letters to God expressing the horrible life she had and how sad things occurred to her constantly, and she managed to do this in a very calm manner. Later on the book she began writing letters to Nettie also being very honest. Celie is very thoughtful

Throughout the novel, Alice Walker takes the young girl on a journey of self-discovery, “ I feels like shit but I felt like shit before in my life (…) The first two months was hell though, I tell the world (…) And I try to teach my heart not to want nothing it cant have.” Celie also talks about her stepfather and how even though she had children from him, she does not hate him, “I don’t hate him (…) Look like he trying to make something out of himself. (…) When you talk to him now he really listen.” Celie realizes that people can change and she believes even her stepfather has changed and has become a better person, regardless of what he has done to her.

Color of Purple is a Novel by Alice Walker, published in 1982. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983. A feminist novel about an abused and uneducated black woman's struggle for empowerment, the novel was praised for the depth of its female characters and for its eloquent use of black English vernacular.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a novel about the struggle of Celie, a poor uneducated black woman who finds herself with the help of a blues singer named Shug Avery. Each character plays a major role in the strengthening of each other. From the beginning of the novel the characters of Celie, Nettie and Sofia either became stronger or lost strength through tough times. Nettie who is Celie's sister was very intellectual and recognized the importance of an education from a young age. Sofia is an assertive woman who has never backed down from a fight yet her assertiveness and her honesty and willingness to act on emotions gets her jail time.

Her most famous novel, The Color Purple is about a young black girl who is abused by her stepfather then later her husband, but is able to get through her endeavors with the help of her friends and sister. The main character Celie was also withdrawn from others because of what happened to her. Like Lorraine, Alice puts her own emotions in what she wrote for her

Sometimes life brings experiences of abandonment through difficult times. Celie shows an expression of abandonment from God with her intimate friend Shug Avery, who challenges Celie where she thinks God is. “What God do for me?...He gave me a lynched daddy, crazy mama, a lowdown dog of a step pa and a sister I probably won’t see again...The God I been praying and writing to is a man. And act just like all the other mens I know. Trifling, forgetful and lowdown...Miss Celie, You better hush. God might hear you. Let’im hear me, I say. If he ever listened to poor colored women the world would be a different place” Celie said in anger (192). It is times like this that society tells the world to push life’s disasters under the rug. When instead it requires the attention of others to become endured. To be human is to go through the struggles of life and face them. Without them, life can become meaningless. Celie experiences this through oppression and her loss of faith in God. Throughout

The Color Purple is a very moving and spiritual book. It takes a women who has nothing to speak of going for her and who is a victim to the world, and it takes her to a place where she is a strong individual who can voice her own opinions about things without people telling her what to do. She gets incredible power that grows inside her throughout the book. It is only fully released near the end of the book when her sister, Nettie, is about to come home. As for her, Celie, she just survives during her life, and takes what is handed to her. Until one fateful day when a woman named Shrug comes into the picture and comes to stay with them while she is recovering from a disease. From that day on, Celie could see that some women stand up for

The main protagonist in the novel, Celie, lives in rural Georgia during the 1930s. She is poor and illiterate and lives in a small house with her mother, little sister Nettie, and abusive stepfather Pa. While living with her family, Celie experiences frequent physical and sexual abuse from Pa. Due to the domineering nature of Pa, Celie lacks the protection of her sick mother and sister. This greatly affects Celie, because she is stuck between protecting her sister from Pa and protecting her own

This passage is important because it shows us Celie’s sexuality. One day Celie get’s beat because she supposedly wink at a boy at church but she tries to tell her “Pa” she don’t look at men but women because she is not scared of them. This shows us that Celie probably has a love interest in women due to the physical trauma she has experienced with her “Pa.” Later on in the book this allows her to move on into new relationships and disconnect herself from Mr._______.(5.1-4)