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Color Purple. Dear God ... screen. And there is no better example of this idea
than Alice Walker in her novel The Color Purple. Alice ...
Color Purple. ... These are some of the components of a Novel by Alice Walker. These
views are illustrated proficiently in Walker’s third novel, The Color Purple. ...
Color Purple. ... These are some of the components of a Novel by Alice Walker. These
views are illustrated proficiently in Walker’s third novel, The Color Purple. ...
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the color purple. ... "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Color Purple” centralize
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In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, the format of Celie’s narratives show great similarities with the slave narratives that were collected in the 1930’s. Celie shows resmeblances in the way the slaves talked about their situation. They were very timid about raising their voices. Celie, as many slaves were, did not express their true emotions because of the fear that they would be punished severely.
Celie is a poor, Southern black girl. Celie is one of the most oppressed, silenced members of society. Her stepfather told her that she "better not never tell anybody but God. It'd kill your mammy" (Walker 1). This quote takes on a new significance. This statement made by her father affects Celie’s outlook. With him saying this, she decides to tell no one about what her father did. She thinks that if her mother knew, she would be very disappointed in her. He abuses Celie and demands her silence. He rapes her many times and she even gives birth to two of his children. She does not tell anyone that the children she has given birth to are his; she says that their father disappeared. She is ashamed of what has happened and worries if the people finding out, she is fearful this will be by society. Celie's narrative is a testimony to the struggles of black women, a disadvantaged segment of a disadvantaged race. She is too afraid to share her story with other people, yet
her need to share her experiences is evident. She writes letters in order to have something to talk to. She does not keep a diary addressed implicitly to some anonymous, non-existent reader. She explicitly addresses God. She does so because of what her stepfather told her, to only speak about what he did to her to God.
Celie's letters to God are eerily reminiscent of the slave narratives collected in the late 1930s. Many of the slave narratives were far from direct in their meaning and intent. The questions the journalists asked ex-slaves touched on sensitive...
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