The Transformation of Celie in "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker

The movie ‘’The Color Purple’’ is a 1985 drama film that portrays the historical period. This film sheds light on the struggles that African American women faced during the 1930s. The Color Purple is about the life of Celie Harris, a poor black girl who married against her wish to an older black man. This movie was a great portrayal of history, which was directed by Steven Spielberg in a new light, this movie also shows realism and grit.

Walker’s theme of writing is straight forward, she express through emotions and sexual conduct. Alice Walker adds, “The worse thing than being a woman is being a black woman” (282). The novel: The Color of Purple tells about the leading character Celie that writes down her deepest thoughts of unhappiness and sorrow in her diary. Celie was sexual assaulted by the man she called father, and she later conceives a child, that child was taken away from her at the age of fourteen. For example, Celie was not attending school, she felt rejected and unattractive. Celie stayed at home

The period of when The Color Purple was set, Celie, was a part of the patriarchal structure, which very dominated in that time. The novel The Will to Change, bell hooks, also had the same patriarchal structure when she was growing up. These two pieces of writing showed how women were not treated with the respect as much as men in that society. bell hooks experienced the same structure as Celie did when she was little.

Within The Color Purple by Alice Walker, women are treated as inferior to men therefore they must obey them. Through the strength and wisdoms Celie gains from other women, she learns to overcome her oppression and realize her self worth as a woman. The women she has met throughout her life, and the woman she protected since young, are the people that helped her become a strong independent woman. Sofia and Shug were there for Celie when she needed someone to look up to and depend on. Nettie was able to push Celie to become a more educated, independent person. The main source of conflict in this book is Celie’s struggle with becoming an independent woman who needs not to rely on a man. Throughout the book we see her grow as a person and

Celie in The Color Purple has struggled since the very beginning because of the poor treatment she has received by men. Being raped by her father Fonso, Celie becomes pregnant and

Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple, explores the sufferings that black women went through in the 1900s. Growing up, Celie has always been controlled and abused by men, being told not to smile because she is ugly. Her entire childhood and early adulthood she has been treated as just an object, being abused and raped by her father who then marries her off to a man named Albert, who just does the same thing. The only person Celie ever truly loved, and who loved her back, was her sister Nettie, who unfortunately was separated from her at a young age.

The Color Purple is a controversial film from 1985, the film portrays the life of a young African–American girl, known as Celie. During her early teen years, Celie went through the hardship of her mother passing away. Consequently, Celie underwent sexual, as well as physical, abuse from her step-father. Celie was forced to have intercourse with her stepfather, then she had to bear the children just to give them away. Celie had a younger sister, known as Nettie.

In Martha Stewart’s, The Color Purple, Celie was raised by her abusive father and eventually married an abusive husband. Because of this constant abuse, Celie learned to stay quiet and not fight back, but survive. As time progressed, with the help of close friend Shug Avery, Celie became more and more confident in herself and eventually fought back against the abuse. Celie was first introduced a the oldest child in her family consisting of her father, mother, herself and her siblings. At first, the father hurt the mother and stayed away from the children, but when the mother died, the father turned the children, starting with Celie. When Celie was first abused, she did not know what was happening and she said, “Then he grab hold my titties.

A Comparison of the Depiction of Celie's Struggle in Steven Spieldburg's The Color Purple and the Novel

Throughout The Bell Jar and The Color Purple both women are subjected to societal constructs that dictate the course of their lives. Although Celie and Ester come from different experiences and upbringings, they both endure the restricted freedoms, frustration, cruelty and violence that have been thrust upon women throughout history. In The Bell Jar Esther uses the fig tree story as a metaphor for her life. The fig tree and the figs upon it represent the opportunities and paths Esther's life could take. She shows her frustration by comparing her life to the fig tree saying “...

When looking at The Color Purple we read about Celie’s tragic life, and you feel her pain and suffering by just reading the words on the page. Her father beats and rapes her and by the looks of things, it seems that she is forever doomed with eternal heartache, abuse and rape. It seems that she will never be happy. She is controlled and manipulated by the men in her life that she should be able to trust.

"All he think about since us married is how to make me mind. He don't want a wife, he want a dog," (Walker, 64). For centuries the fight for equality has been a non-stop battle, beginning with white women's rights and slowly transforming to women's rights for all, including queer and colored women. In Alice Walker's The Color Purple, the main character, Celie, deals with not only being a women who is seen as being next to worthless, but also has to figure out what being a women means to her sexually.

Mr. says, "He start to choke me, saying You better shut up and git used to it. But I don't never git used to it. And now I feels sick every time I be the one to cook.” She really doesn’t have much of a voice and there is absolutely no one to turn to. Celie faced so many disadvantages because of the violent acts that had taken place in her life.

In the beginning of The Color Purple, Celie’s inability to combat the abuse from her father and Albert demonstrates her passive nature. The very first words on the first page of the book show the cruel treatment and forceful silencing Celie received from her father: “You better not tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy” (1). This

Celie Johnson is forced to endure enough physical and mental abuse to break anyone’s spirits, but this strong willed individual refuses to allow her tragic life to consume her. Miss Celie, which is what she is called by the few who do respect her, somehow learns to live through her father and her husband’s denouncing cruelty and continues to be a sweet and an understanding woman. The most obvious characteristics of Celie are her continuous strength, her ability to deal with hardships, and her instinct to keep fighting. Her undeniable strength comes with protecting those she loves. She teaches herself to take all that is forced upon her because she has never known the feeling of living an easy life. Celie has had to fight for her happiness, alone, from her younger years into adulthood.