Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is a novel about an African American woman’s journey to find herself. The novel follows the main character, Celie, as she grows from a young girl into a strong and independent woman. The novel tackles themes of race, sexism, and abuse, and is widely considered to be one of the … Read more
The Color Purple is a movie that tells the story of a women named Purple who is living in a time where her gender roles are extremely limited. She is forced to marry a man she does not love, and she is not allowed to express herself in any way that goes against what society … Read more
The Color Purple is a novel that discusses the different cultural and social aspects of living as a woman in the early 1900’s. The setting takes place in rural Georgia and shows how double standards for gender roles can negatively affect people, especially women. The main character is Celie, a young girl who has to … Read more
“You’d bet not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy” (Walker 1). These are the first words written in the novel which embody the struggle that the main character, Celie, withholds throughout the novel in trying to differentiate her surroundings as good or evil. At this instance, Celie had been raped by her … Read more
