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Color Purple Religion

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Many novels portray the life of an African American woman throughout history. However, the most criticized and blessed novel is Alice Walkers “The Color Purple” because of its vivid detail of African American male stereotypes. Especially in the recreated film of the novel in 1985. Furthermore, the explicit details of rape, marriage abuse, homosexuality, incest, and the portrayed image of God throughout the novel would not be overlooked by readers.
Alice Walker explored the universal theme of the daily problems of an arranged married black woman in the 20th century. Through the development of Ms. Celie in Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple. “The Color Purple” is one of the best, yet controversial, novels that describes the most oppressed …show more content…

It begins in the novel with Celie’s father telling her “You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy”. (Walker 3) Because of what her step-father said, Celie writes to God so her mother does not find out what her stepfather has done. It goes to show that Celie writes to God out of fear. (Hankinson 3) Due to assumed fear, Celie’s stepfather puts a psychological imprint of her father in relation to God. Which starts the long journey of letters with the vision of him being like every other man she has or will …show more content…

Making her leave him and finding a new man to end up in the situation of racism. Then Sofia would have never learned to be strong but remain humble at the same time.
While Albert has yet to learn how to remain humble in his own way, his relationship with Celie will become not abusive but a good enough relationship that one can call it a friendship. Albert’s relationship changed when we were able to bring Nettie back to Celie. Even though he separated Nettie from Celie by hiding her letters. To describe Alberts character development. One would say he went from being the bad character to a good character. In order, for the protagonist to develop to her highest potential.
In spite, of the difference in time, and the different aspects of “The Color Purple”. Each character had either influenced Celie or Celie influenced them. The day to day life of Celie was of her going through the tough parts of life with her stepfather, husband, Shug, and others to reach her dream of life without

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Her faith is weakened at a certain point but then she starts to develop a new perception of God, she begins to see God as a universal being with no gender and race who is present everywhere and in everything that we love or do. She is now able to see God through people, nature, sex, and in the color purple. Alice Walker also gave importance to the value of female bonds and relationships or sisterhood as a means of coping and social support against the alienation experienced by Celie and other black female characters in the novel. Celie’s friends, mainly Shug and Sofia helped her to find her voice and stand up for herself. As the novel progresses, Celie develops strength and eventually gains her freedom towards the end.

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Through Celie’s, Lieutenant Cross’s, and “The Moths’” protagonist’s hardships, they are all able to overcome their past and look forward for what is to come. Celie, from Walker’s The Color Purple, has an unfortunate life. Celie’s Pa rapes her.

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If she cannot feel, then how can she care about anyone. She may have blood relatives, but only one is family to her. Nettie is her sister, and is everything Celie isn’t. She is a smart, independent woman with a bright future. Celie has been there to support her, as she cares for her as a true sister would.

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She describes how through the victimization and oppression experienced through slavery; black women have come to a sense of almost becoming mothers to their own communities. In this case, the term mother becomes more than just the physical or biological aspect of being a parent, but relies more on the protection and nurturing that mothers bring towards their children or people they care about. Williams describes this idea through the use Alice Walkers The Color Purple. As shown in The Color Purple, Shug was the catalyst that sparked Celie’s sense of self identity and self-worth after being brutally victimized and brutalized by men all of her life. Williams believes that Shug’s influence and nurturing as a black women gave Celie the ability to believe in herself as well as, her God and not the God she was taught to believe in (Williams 50).

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In other words, those who undergoes adversities and endure through them will benefit in some form, whether it be strength, experience, or independence; this becomes evident in “The Color Purple,” as Celie journeys from being an illiterate and abused 14-year-old to becoming an independent home and business owner. Celie’s abuse during here adolescent years. As a young girl, Celie’s mother was ill thus not being able to satisfy her father nor maintain her household. Because of this, Celie had to uptake her mother’s wifely duties.

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Celie starts the fight when she perceives her desires in life and intend to follow with the help of other characters. Walker created the character of Celie from the real life, as Walker’s parents were also the sufferer of racial discrimination and also disgrace by white men, therefore she displays all this tension s in her writings. Walker displayed some brutal and gruesome images through her novel,Celie was repeatedly raped and sexually abused and impregnated by her step father Alphonso. The brutal sexual violence done to a black women child who then proceeds to write down what has happened to her in her own language from her own point of view. She doesn’t find love making between her and her husband thrilling or something which provides pleasure

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This epistolary form allows one to analyze and compare the life of Celie who is settled in Georgia and the life of her sister, Netti, who also endures discrimination at an African missionary. Walker

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"The color purple" is a reflection of reality in 20th century. The African American women isolated from the white society as Walker in The color purple talks about racism and discrimination of society in 20the century. Celie, the heroine was born in Rural Georgia where is known as a harsh place for poor and uneducated black women who were servants to their husbands and fathers. Throughout the novel, Celie tries to overcome her psychological anger and becomes independent. At the beginning of the novel, Celie appears like other women 20th century as they oppressed by men and lived under men 's dominance and violence.

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