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In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Celie is constantly faced with abuse from certain men who had control over her throughout her life. However, thanks to all of the women who helped surround and protect her throughout the novel, Celie becomes strong enough to overcome the abuse she was continually experiencing. The most influential women in Celie’s life included her sister Nettie, her daughter-in-law Sofia and the singer Shug Avery. These are the women who help Celie move on from her life of abuse

early twentieth century were dealt with. When Alice Walker wrote The Color Purple, she partially used the novel as a way to help out a family member. Walker’s grandmother was a slave and victim to a rape by her own master. This master thus became Walker’s grandfather. Walker modeled the character Celie

The Color Purple, written by Alice Walker, is an epistolary historical novel that contains a number of prominent characters and themes. The novel takes place between 1910 and 1940 in the rural southern United States. The story is told from the first person point of view; Celie’s letters narrate her life throughout an unknown duration of time. Her husband’s lover, Shug, educates Celie about God, self-importance, and love. When she and Shug discover a collection of letters from her sister Nettie

Discrimination in The Color Purple The movie I choose to watch is the 1985 film The Color Purple. This film follows a young African American girl named Celie Harris who lived during the early 20th century in the United States. By the age of fourteen, Celie was impregnated by her father, who was actually her step father, twice and both children were taken away from her. Her step father soon sold her to a wealthy man that she calls Mister. Mister puts Celie in charge of taking care of his children

Segregation and Women’s discrimination in Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple play a very important role. Back then is those days it was okay for a man to abuse his wife. Every man thought that they were more superior than their wife or any other woman. The story opens with a memory of Celie being commanded by her father to keep it a secret that he sexually abuses her. With Celie's mother being very ill he takes advantage of Celie and forbids her to tell anyone but God. With that being said it

Simmi Gurwara, the Head of Radha Govind Group of Institutions in India, goes in-depth about Celie, the protagonist in The Color Purple, dealing with the wrongful deeds done by the males in her life, such as her father and husband, and relates it to today’s society about men and their abusive use of power. Gurwara explains the effects of male dominance and what the wrong use of power can have on the weaker members in a family. This scholarly journal connects Celie’s father’s abuse of power against

has on Celie. Celie and Kate, Mr.’s sister, go shopping for cloth in order to make Celie a new dress, and as Celie decides what color she wants, she thinks to herself “what color Shug Avery would wear...somethin purple, maybe a little red in it” (Walker 28). Typically, purple indicates “power, nobility, luxury, and ambition,” which is appropriate for someone like Shug, a woman who “has the reputation of a high-living, adventurous, independent blues singer” (Parker; Henderson 26). The little hint

woman. Originally written by Alice walker, the story also took a film adaptation under director Steven Spielberg in which the main idea of oppression against unjust powers is continued. In the written novel, Walker spares the readers not one detail of the suffering and agony Celie faced as described in her letters to God thus expressing Walker’s serious tone. In the film, Spielberg reveals a playful aspect to the story to lift spare the emotions of the audience. Walker and Spielberg both demonstrate

The relationship between Celie and Shug is not a good one at first, but then through out the movie, The Color Purple, their relationship grows into a friendship, then a sisterhood. In the beginning of the movie, when Mr. is going to town often, it is obvious it is to go see a woman because of his excitement, then the audience finds out who the woman is when Celie notices the flyer for Shug Avery’s performance on the mirror of the dresser. When the audience first meets Shug Avery, it is when Mr. brings

“I think 'The Color Purple' is so bursting with love, the need for connection, the showing of the need for connection around the globe.” This quote is by Alice Walker, the author who wrote the epistolary novel The Color Purple. The novel revolves around Celie and her tough life. Celie tells her story through diary entries to God, and eventually stops believing in him. Celie goes through a lot of changes during her life and these changes affect her in a few ways. Self discovery and strength is the