Retell Plot The setting of this story is set in southern Georgia during the time women had no rights and neither did black people. The story centres the life timeline of a fictional character named Celie who is a poor, black uneducated female. In the film Celie endures rape, sexual assault, incest, the loss of her children at birth, domestic violence and the “loss” of her sister. Celie overcomes anti-black and anti-women prejudices in the south during this time. By the end of the film all the characters have started to heal and become better people. Initial Conflict The initial conflict Celie endures during the book is the most major problem. The major problem is the loss of her sister. Mister who is Celie’s husband, told Nettie to get lost …show more content…
It is a very inspiring story because it shows a person going through all these obstacles in life and she still has a positive outlook. In the end of the story all was well and as a human we can connect with this because we all aspire to have the perfect life like hers was at the end of the book. Themes The story of The Color Purple centres a lot of themes. The theme that is constant throughout the entire story is religion. This book is written by a series of letters to God. Without religion Celie would have probably given up on her sister and her will to survive her rough life. Another theme that are strong in this story are Violence against women. This was shown by mister being violent to belie just because she was a women. Love, Marriage and sexual identity were strong themes shown in the book. How she developed the character One way the author helped develop the character Celie is by making the obstacles in her life gradually get harder. Instead of her losing her sister at the beginning of the story, she goes through being taken advantage of by her husband mister. This gets her prepared for the bigger obstacles that are about to come her way. If she could survive being Raped and sexually assaulted by her husband on a daily basis she could survive her sister being taken …show more content…
These women are both emotionally strong willed. They take on any challenge that they are faced with on the daily occurrence. These women are able to fight back to men who think that they are superior to them. They have such a strong will to live by there morals, even if they are put in a situation of life or death. They always escape a dangerous situation no matter what. Both of these strong women had sadly been taken advantage of by selfish men. Amanita was raped by her owner Mr.Applebee when she lived on the plantation. Celie was raped by her father and her husband. Both women were also violently beaten. Celie was hit in the head by a rock when she first arrived at misters house by his son named Harpo. Amanita was taken from her home in africa, treated like a slave, she was starved, burned and whipped. The way that these stories are different are that they happened in different time periods. The book of negroes happened in the late seventeen hundreds when slavery was allowed. The Color Purple took place in the early nineteen hundreds. Even though these stories happened at very different times they still affected the women severely. The sad part about these stories is that they are still happening in todays society. Personal Reflection Am I Satisfied With my