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    within the workforce‚ domestics‚ and society of the 1920’s. Through many attempts to better her lifestyle and display her individuality‚ Celie finds life extremely difficult in the prejudiced‚ 1920’s South. Alice Walker did not experience the same discrimination Celie fights against‚ but‚ Walker portrays her familial bonds and childhood lessons through Celie’s personal struggles‚ aspirations‚ and accomplishments. Alice Walker’s The Color Purple explores the negative stereotypes of the 1920’s against women

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    Color Purple explores the issues of racism‚ sexual roles‚ men‚ and social injustice. From the very first page the readers are confronted with harsh images and intense scenes that show a sorry lifestyle. Through the use of strong female bonds Alice Walker illustrates not only the need to resist patriarchal ideals but the unraveling of a path for women’s rights. The incomplete woman plays the role that is exploited with a warped spirit

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    In The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker writes of a predominantly sexist setting through the frequent beating of women‚ the stereotypes cast upon people‚ and the thoughts and feelings of the Olinka peoples. The author writes about the common and frequent beating of Celie by her father as discipline and of Mr. _____ to present a sexist setting. To show the predominantly sexist setting‚ Alice Walker includes the stereotypes cast upon people such as Celie’s wearing and making of pants and Mr. _____’s sewing

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    Carrie Mae Weems really used her imagination to travel through photographs. She used herself to be the main focus of her art. The way she discussed her art‚ which was‚ made me feel as if I have always looked at photographs wrong. She is passionate about her work. The way she put herself in different places but allowed you to see what she was viewing was neat. You could see her back towards you but also able to focus on the big picture‚ as if you are seeing it the way she sees it. Carries work‚ From

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    Alice Walker is an American author and poet. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She was the youngest of eight children‚ born in 1944 in Eatonton‚ Georgia‚ in the Deep South of the United States. When she eight‚ she was wounded in the eye by a shot from a BB gun fired by one of her brothers. This accident blinded her in one eye. As a result‚ she became more shy‚ thoughtful and studious; this is when

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    the loud speaker. Tiger gave his club he was hitting to Steve and they both headed down to the first tee to start their first round of the Masters. The crowed went crazy when they saw Tiger rock up to the tee. He was off with fellow US player Jimmy Walker and Australian Adam Scott. Jimmy and Adam both teed off with the crowd around them being dead silent. As soon as Tiger got ready to hit you could tell the crowed was ready to go crazy. Ping !! Tiger had smashed his straight down the middle of the

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    Despite the odds women can overcome all obstacles. In the past‚ women have desperately struggled because they were be littled by men. They were thought of as ignorant beings that only knew how to manage housework. In The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker‚ sexism was interrelated in the novel. Throughout the story‚ several women were extremely mistreated by men. Their experiences were considered trivial because they were always subordinated to them. Through the collection of letters that Celie wrote

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    Women’s Friendship in Alice Walker’s... ‫اﻷﺳﺘﺎذ- اﻟﻌﺪد ) ٣٠٢ ( ﻟﺴﻨﺔ ٣٣٤١ ﻫﺠﺮﻳﺔ – ٢١٠٢ ﻣﻴﻼدﻳﺔ‬ ٢٠٣ The Color Purple Women’s Friendship in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple ‫صداقة النساء في رواية اللون البنفسجي آللس ووكر‬ ‫زينب عبدالكريم مسير‬ ‫أ.م.د.كاظم جواد الزبيدي‬ Zainab Abdul-Karim Musir Assist.Prof.Dr.Kadhim Jawad ‫جامعة بغداد/ كلية التربية- ابن رشد/ قسم اللغة االنكليزية‬ ‫الملخص‬ ‫ة وﻗﺎﺼﺔ وﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ﻤﻘﺎﻻت وﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ة وﻨﺎﺸطﺔ اﻤرﻴﻜﻴﺔ. ﺘﻜﺘب ووﻜر ﻤطوﻻ ﻓﻲ اﻝﻤواﻀﻴﻊ‬ ‫ﺴﻴر‬ ‫ﺘﻌد اﻝﻴس ووﻜر

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    descendants believe that the Windigo lurks in the forests of the North capturing hikers. The Navajo tribe has a legendary monster called the Skin-Walker. They are shape shifting creatures that are created when humans commit a very evil crime such as killing a family member or when a medicine man chooses to use his mystical powers for evil instead of good. A Skin-Walker can read minds‚ control people who look them in the eyes‚ and they also have immunity to

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    How does Walker use language in the book "The Color Purple"?​ The book "The Color Purple" was written by Alice Walker and it is an epistolary novel. It narrates a story about a black female life back in the 1930s in the southern United States. The Color Purple is composed of letters written to God and it briefly summarize the story and hardship of the main character Celie. Alice Walker used very different styles of language for different characters in the book‚ which are Celie and Nettie. The

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