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Dynamic Character In The Color Purple By Alice Walker

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The Color Purple, written by Alice Walker, is about a girl’s life in the early 1900s. It tells you how hard it was for African-American women during that time.The Color Purple is filled with dynamic characters. A dynamic character is a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, in their personality or attitude. The main character is Celie. She was raped by her stepfather and had two children, one boy and one girl. She thought he killed them. She hides her smile because her stepfather said that she had the ugliest smile. Her sister and her thought he was their real father. Celie married a man named Albert when she was a teenager. Albert had children from a previous marriage. Albert didn’t want Celie, he wanted her
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Alice Walker is considered a Revolutionary for many people because of the struggles she fought through as an African American woman, novelist, and activist living in the mid to late 1900’s. Alice Walker shows how women have struggled in America with having similar and equal rights to white men. She also shows how African Americans struggle with the same problems when it comes to achieving similar or equal rights to a white male. In the novel, “The Color Purple”, written by Alice Walker, the main protagonist, Celie, learns to find her own voice and own self worth through a series of obstacles that she had to overcome throughout her journey; similar to the way Alice Walker also had struggles of being an African American woman during the mid to

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The Color Purple and Character Dynamics “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, is a story of change, hope, love and hatred. The book displays an abundance of exemplifications of “dynamic characters”. A Dynamic Character is defined as a character who changes throughout the course of a story as a result of the conflicts they encounter on their journey. In this specific narrative, three of the main characters can fall under the category of a “dynamic character”. The changes in the character can be either mental or physical, and likewise can be minor or major changes.

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In The Color Purple written by Alice Walker dynamic characters shape the storyline. A dynamic character is a character who changes throughout a story as a result of the conflicts they encounter during their journey. A perfect example of a dynamic character is Miss Celie. Throughout her life Celie faces challenges that she conquers by standing up despite her fears. Regardless of her oppression she takes a stand and changes her fate.

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Countless people, especially black people and women, are victims of racism or sexism in The Color Purple. Due to the pervasive nature of discrimination in society, there is clear prejudice against groups of people. Throughout the novel, Walker shines light on the race and gender inequality that is prevalent during the twentieth century. Sofia is subjected to racism as a black woman in a society that values white supremacy. This is proved when the mayor’s wife says “would you

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