What Is The Tone Of The Color Purple

The Color Purple is a novel that falls under the genre Historical fiction. It is consisted of letters to god. We read Celie’s letters in order to understand the story. The author, Alice Walker, composed Celie’s letters in an illiterate way. She showcased Celie as a poor, uneducated African American woman. Hence, Celie’s letters contained slang, and a significant amount of grammatical errors. This novel is told in the first person point of view. Celie narrates the novel, sometimes so does her sister, Nettie. Celie tells her stories in the letters she writes to god and Nettie. At first Celie would only talk about what she does, sees and how she feels. Later her thoughts become more complex as she observes the world and brutality that surround

Since the story is Celie’s private letters that she writes to god, the story is confidential. In this privacy state she is able to let out any feelings that she wants, and any attitude that she wants to embark in. She also confesses easily because she is simply writing a journal. This novel is about tragedy and hardship. The novel is set in Georgia’s rural towns. The time period that it is placed in is around the period of 1910 to 1940. The major conflict that exists in this novel is the treatment Celie gets. Many men always abused her. They beat her, rape her and leave her. She has does not value herself any longer and she feels no sense of self worth left in her. Celie had regained self-confidence through her relationship with Shug Avery who had taught Celie about God, and love. The author, Alice Walker, uses letters to create a specific novel. She uses a rural farm as her setting and she uses themes of racism and female abuse as her writing nature. She has developed such a strong story, and the characters used brought her story to life. The characterization was strong, each character had its own lesson to learn, and they had all been approached with encouraging friends. Each character had to learn self worth through a series of challenging journeys. As the story came to an end, the women began to stand up to their abusive husbands and