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Color Purple
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Alice Walker
courtneysimonson
, April 02, 2014
The Color Purple by Alice Walker deals with the struggles of women during the early twentieth century and their desire to receive fair and equal treatment. The main character, Celie, writes for god about the abuse from her husband Mr.___ and later she writes to her sister Nettie, who is traveling around the world as a missionary. Nettie is one of the few people Celie trusts and this novel highlights Celie’s discovery of love and search for recollection and freedom. Throughout the story, Celie transforms herself from a housewife, into a strong independent woman. This story is set in the southern part of Georgia during the early twentieth century. Males played a dominant role in the household during this time. In the book the main character, Celie is struggling to find happiness in her life. Growing up, her father abused her and she gave birth to two of his children. Celie later escapes the abuse of her father and gets married to Mr.___ who has ultimate control over her. He physically and verbally abuses Celie and he says “Men s’pose to wear the pants”. This quote shows that he believes men play the prominent role in the relationship. Mr.___ also has another woman on the side of Celie, Shug Avery. Shug wants to leave Mr.___ and Celie, but Celie tells Shug that he constantly hits her. Shug still leaves, but ends up returning home with a new Husband, Grady. Both Celie and Mr.___ are devastated that she is now married. Although Shug Avery is with Grady now, she is the first person to teach Celie how to love. Celie envies Shug and always comments about how perfect she is. The two females start to form a close friendship. Just like Celie desires, Shug starts to explain the meaning of love and life to Celie and the two become almost inseparable. “Us sleep like sisters, me and Shug” (146) The closer Celie gets to Shug, the more she learns about Mr.___ Celie’s sister Nettie had been writing Celie letters during all of her travels and she was hoping that Celie would receive the letters and reply to them. Later, Shug informs Celie that Mr.___ has been hiding her letters from Nettie. Celie is so mad at Mr.___ that she decides to leave him and travel to Tennessee with Shug and Grady. And now that she can finally read her sister’s letters she learns a lot about Nettie and what she has been doing. Nettie has been traveling with a couple, Samuel and Corrine. Also, they are accompanied by their adopted children Olivia and Adam. Through Nettie’s letters Celie learns that Olivia and Adam are her biological children. This is the part of the novel where Celie starts to become more independent and decides what she has to do in order to make herself feel happy. The ending of the story is heart warming and will leave readers on their feet. The overall message of this story is that women should stand up against unfair treatments that they receive from men. Walker comments on the treatment of women and their ability to overcome it. The characters in this novel, especially the women, help each other learn how to love and how to find happiness. Each character found happiness in their own way. “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 ) Celie found her happiness by accepting who she is and learning to love herself and others. In this story and in this time period, women had to help each other overcome obstacles in order to make their lives better. The point of view in which this book is written in, gives the reader a more intimate look into the lives of Celie and Nettie. Alice Walker chose to write this book in the first person. The way that Celie writes, show the readers that she is uneducated. But the way that Nettie writes, shows the readers that she is somewhat educated and is interested in more thought out ideas. Although I did enjoy the personal perspectives of Celie and Nettie, but I think that it would’ve been nice to hear Shug Avery and Mr.___’s point of views. The Color Purple by Alice Walker is an excellent story that highlights Celie’s journey of becoming independent and receiving equal rights. In the end, Celie came even closer to the equality that she ventured to. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a great love and discovery story. The book has a lot of ups and downs, but it ultimately teaches the reader that everyone has the ability to love and to create their own happiness.
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Color Purple
by
Alice Walker
courtneysimonson
, April 01, 2014
The Color Purple by Alice Walker deals with the struggles of women during the early twentieth century and their desire to receive fair and equal treatment. The main character, Celie, writes for god about the abuse from her husband Mr.___ and later she writes to her sister Nettie, who is traveling around the world as a missionary. Nettie is one of the few people Celie trusts and this novel highlights Celie’s discovery of love and search for recollection and freedom. Throughout the story, Celie transforms herself from a housewife, into a strong independent woman. This story is set in the southern part of Georgia during the early twentieth century. Males played a dominant role in the household during this time. In the book the main character, Celie is struggling to find happiness in her life. Growing up, her father abused her and she gave birth to two of his children. Celie later escapes the abuse of her father and gets married to Mr.___ who has ultimate control over her. He physically and verbally abuses Celie and he says “Men s’pose to wear the pants”. This quote shows that he believes men play the prominent role in the relationship. Mr.___ also has another woman on the side of Celie, Shug Avery. Shug wants to leave Mr.___ and Celie, but Celie tells Shug that he constantly hits her. Shug still leaves, but ends up returning home with a new Husband, Grady. Both Celie and Mr.___ are devastated that she is now married. Although Shug Avery is with Grady now, she is the first person to teach Celie how to love. Celie envies Shug and always comments about how perfect she is. The two females start to form a close friendship. Just like Celie desires, Shug starts to explain the meaning of love and life to Celie and the two become almost inseparable. “Us sleep like sisters, me and Shug” (146) The closer Celie gets to Shug, the more she learns about Mr.___ Celie’s sister Nettie had been writing Celie letters during all of her travels and she was hoping that Celie would receive the letters and reply to them. Later, Shug informs Celie that Mr.___ has been hiding her letters from Nettie. Celie is so mad at Mr.___ that she decides to leave him and travel to Tennessee with Shug and Grady. And now that she can finally read her sister’s letters she learns a lot about Nettie and what she has been doing. Nettie has been traveling with a couple, Samuel and Corrine. Also, they are accompanied by their adopted children Olivia and Adam. Through Nettie’s letters Celie learns that Olivia and Adam are her biological children. This is the part of the novel where Celie starts to become more independent and decides what she has to do in order to make herself feel happy. The ending of the story is heart warming and will leave readers on their feet. The overall message of this story is that women should stand up against unfair treatments that they receive from men. Walker comments on the treatment of women and their ability to overcome it. The characters in this novel, especially the women, help each other learn how to love and how to find happiness. Each character found happiness in their own way. “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 ) Celie found her happiness by accepting who she is and learning to love herself and others. In this story and in this time period, women had to help each other overcome obstacles in order to make their lives better. The point of view in which this book is written in, gives the reader a more intimate look into the lives of Celie and Nettie. Alice Walker chose to write this book in the first person. The way that Celie writes, show the readers that she is uneducated. But the way that Nettie writes, shows the readers that she is somewhat educated and is interested in more thought out ideas. Although I did enjoy the personal perspectives of Celie and Nettie, but I think that it would've been nice to hear Shug Avery and Mr.___’s point of views. The Color Purple by Alice Walker is an excellent story that highlights Celie’s journey of becoming independent and receiving equal rights. In the end, Celie came even closer to the equality that she ventured to. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a great love and discovery story. The book has a lot of ups and downs, but it ultimately teaches the reader that everyone has the ability to love and to create their own happiness.
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