Analysis Of Jane Kuenz's The Color Purple

In the manuscript, Stewart thundered, “WE CLAIM OUR RIGHTS”, she prophesied to ominous white America: “Dark and dismal is the cloud that hangs over thee, for thy cruel wrongs and injuries to the fallen sons of Africa. The blood of her murdered ones cries to heaven for vengeance against thee.” This was her call for African Americans to stand up for their rights. Stewart was different from a lot of abolitionists during her time because of the role she established for black women.

To exercise her rights as an individual, Celie learns to resist the advances of black men who hinder her self- fulfilment. Alice Walker has been vehemently criticized within the African- American community for her portrayal of black men as abusers and rapists. Like her literary predecessor, Zora Neale Hurston, who was criticized during the Harlem Renaissance for her feminist writing, Alice Walker has withstood the criticism. She has held on her convictions and continued to be a spokesman for the cause of the oppressed black woman. In her oeuvre, she explores,” the issue of the spiritual survival of black people” ( Smith 450)

South Africa under apartheid regime was firmly under the control of minority whites. Gordimer being one of the white minorities resented the ill treatment of whites on blacks. She strongly protested to the violence in her novels. Gordimer is the one, who did not undergo the actual pain of the blacks but she as a writer and human being brought out the authentic suffering of the people and also her own helplessness at the earlier stage through her six decades of writing. In fact, she may be the only writer who is not just sympathetic but completely empathetic as she analysis the traumatic mind of the characters than the physical suffering.

From their experience, African American women learned to be self - reliant, which was a character trait that stood in opposition to the ideal of femininity of the time. As a consequence, African American women began to “be characterized as tough, domineer ing, and strong” (hooks 83). Nevertheless, the racist practices changed the view of African American women who began to be seen as “masculinized sub - human creatures” by the American mainstream society (hooks 71). Barbara Christian asserts that “in both A nglo - and Afro - American literature [African American women] have been assigned stereotype roles” ( Black Feminist Criticism 2).

Desert royal was a real eye opener to us of how difficult life can be seen by a woman in many countries and we should feel gratefully that what we are today. There is also a sense of feminism shown by the character of Sultana she stood up and raised up her voice against the social trends and social norms and tradition of society. The author has put forward the immoral character of Saudi men before the world in a very understandable manner that every reader will know the reality very

She criticizes both racist opinions of colored people and colored people’s beliefs that they are predestined to be looked down upon. She defies the stereotypical image of black people, not in Germany but, everywhere by calling for the betterment of the self, a call first made by Washington and later adopted by Hughes in his poetry and prose. Unlike many black poets who wanted to pass from Black into White such as Countee Cullen, she like Hughes, is proud of her blackness and defends it using the language of the racist. However, in “afro-german II” she criticized German history: “German history isn’t something one/ Can really be proud of, is it. /

Alice Walker 's The Color Purple deals with the notion of sexism, racism and gender discrimination and their negative psychological effects on women 's mind. In this novel, Walker criticizes all kinds of discriminations. The characters, especially the main female characters: Celie, Shug Avery, Sofia, and Squeak, do not have stable identity, but their identity is fluid and dependent on their own language and desires and other characters speech and emotions. The characters are under the influence of their own thoughts and emotions; moreover, other characters’ desires and speech influence them too. Besides, the epistolary style of the novel helps the reader to comprehend the main characters fluid subjectivity.

Although critics claim that Beyonce’s album portrays the black woman as the ‘victim,’ Lemonade instead empowers black women to freely express themselves and their ‘anger’ because there is no greater oppression than suffering in silence. Truly, Bell Hooks’ claim that “much of the album stays within a conventional stereotypical framework, where the black woman is always a victim,” is false and insensitive. As an artist, Beyonce crafts music that resonates with women, especially black women, who have suffered pain due to patriarchal ideals that infiltrate the household as well. The

The female characters in the novel, especially Baby Suggs is brave to mention the inhuman acts of white race in her community. “Those white things have taken all I had or dreamt, “she said, “and broke my heartstrings, too. There is no bad luck in the world but white folks” (Beloved, 104-105). Baby Suggs utterances help one to visualize the hardness of the black life in a racist surrounding Thematic analysis Toni Morrison’s Beloved is to make a connection between history and personal and cultural memories to participate in the formation of the Black community‘s identity. The author illustrates how the African American identity could be reconstructed through its own cultural heritage and social structure.

She intended for this work to be a symbol of feminist opposition, and in doing that, she brings to life the age-old proverb that what goes around comes around; those that oppress women will surely suffer for it just as Sykes did. The portrayal of Delia as a strong and courageous black woman in Sweat was a beacon of hope for African American women writers, and inspired them to depict non-stereotypical black women characters. Lorraine Bethel points out that throughout her works Hurston disrupted stereotypes of African American women portrayed by white males. Even after her death, Zora Neale Hurston continues to rock the

A moving inspirational novel told in letters to portray how life was for African Americans, and especially women is The Color Purple. It is not about purple in no way at all; it is actually a difficult book to tackle, dealing with rape insest, explicit sex, sexism, and violence toward women and a lesbian relationship. Not only does it speak of women, but it tells of how there was a negative depiction of African American men during this time. The novel consists of letters written by the main protagonist, Celie, that she has written to God.

The world is filled with labels, some negative and some positive. When it comes to negative labeling, a person’s sense of beauty in themselves and in the world is impacted. In The Bluest Eye, author Toni Morrison uses her characters such as Pecola to illustrate how another’s labeling can alter the way one internalizes his or her own beauty; Morrison poses an overall negative storyline filled with labels and discrimination that in turn allows the reader to identify the highlighted and deeper beauty that is not always visible to the naked eye. Pecola, a young girl during a time of extreme racism and discrimination, is raised in an abusive and unstable home. The effects of the abuse on Pecola has a large impact on her views of the world and