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Response To Celie's Use Of Flashbacks In The Color Purple, By Alice Walker

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In this letter of The Color Purple, Celie had been married off to Mr. _____ without any consent on her part. Alice Walker uses flashback her to describe how her wedding day was with Mr. _____. Mr. _____ was already married before and his children do not accept Celie as their new mother, seeing as how the eldest son threw a rock at Celie making a mark on her head. Alice Walker uses flashback here emphasize two things, how much time has passed since the last letter and how much agony Celie is going through. The previous letter was just as Celie’s father agreed for her to be married off to Mr. _____, and then this letter Celie has already had her wedding day and has been married. Usually wedding days are supposed to be the happiest moment in a
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