Stereotypes In The Color Purple

For Celie life could not be worse despite her being constantly beaten by her father Fonso, she is also raped by him as well. She has been pregnant twice from her father. The only thing Celie looks forward to is writing a letter to God, which she uses to explain what is going on in her world and why he (God) has given her this terrible life. Through these letters to God, she uses common African American language for the time period since she is also almost illiterate this gives the novel a sense of accuracy for Georgia in the early 1900’s. Throughout the novel, we see a shift from a classic heroic figure who is usually a man but in The Color Purple, we see how these heroic men are seen as the villain which oppress the women who through this oppression fight back in order to find a better life than the one they have been given. An example of this oppression is how Celie is being beaten and raped by her father, being sold to Mister

But due to these Gender roles, he cannot do what he enjoys and is stuck in a world that specify what he can and can’t do. This also shows how sexism has no spot in a civilized society. This novel shows how even dark times if you have the perseverance and are willing to help yourself you too, can fight oppression. The Color Purple compare with The Autobiography of An Ex-colored Man since in The Color Purple that prosperity can happen if and when you are willing to help yourself, which is the complete opposite of what The Autobiography of An Ex-colored Man tells you since the main character after not finding what he was looking for gives up and lives a life of misery wishing he could have done something when he had a chance, sulking in his own