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The Color Purple Comparative Essay

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In this part, the researcher is going to show the results and findings that prove and support the claim. Firstly, the researcher starts with the results and findings of the first novel The Color Purple. Initially, the researcher uses word list to find out the frequency of the word "Mr." is mentioned in the novel by Celie. The word list functions as quantitative approach. Mr\. 234 (2846.09 per million) Fig.1 As shown in Fig.1, Celie, throughout the novel especially after her marriage to Albert, insists on calling her husband "Mr." . This gives a reflection of the type of the relationship between Celie and Albert; a relationship between Mister and his servant not a relation between husband and wife. This also shows that Celie is weak , powerless and subject to men but by the end of the novel when she gets power and strength and is released from patriarchal oppression , she calls him “Albert”. Also, it indicates her distance from male characters like her husband and symbolizes the power that Albert enjoys. Additionally, concordance function is used to extract all the contexts of verb “beat”. This means that the researcher uses both word list and concordance which function as quantitative and qualitative approaches. Beat 30 …show more content…

She is used to condone her rights and to obey her husband. Even when the others ask her to fight for her rights, she answers that fighting brings problems and she is content with just being alive. She faces a great part of patriarchal oppression to the extent that she is not ready to fight and has no self-esteem or identity. Celie implements what she asks for without complaining as she is used to be marginalized and submissive object of males. She believes that the only way to live in her husband’s house is to obey him and follow his

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