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Color Purple Religion

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Many novels portray the life of an African American woman throughout history. However, the most criticized and blessed novel is Alice Walkers “The Color Purple” because of its vivid detail of African American male stereotypes. Especially in the recreated film of the novel in 1985. Furthermore, the explicit details of rape, marriage abuse, homosexuality, incest, and the portrayed image of God throughout the novel would not be overlooked by readers.
Alice Walker explored the universal theme of the daily problems of an arranged married black woman in the 20th century. Through the development of Ms. Celie in Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple. “The Color Purple” is one of the best, yet controversial, novels that describes the most oppressed …show more content…

It begins in the novel with Celie’s father telling her “You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy”. (Walker 3) Because of what her step-father said, Celie writes to God so her mother does not find out what her stepfather has done. It goes to show that Celie writes to God out of fear. (Hankinson 3) Due to assumed fear, Celie’s stepfather puts a psychological imprint of her father in relation to God. Which starts the long journey of letters with the vision of him being like every other man she has or will …show more content…

Making her leave him and finding a new man to end up in the situation of racism. Then Sofia would have never learned to be strong but remain humble at the same time.
While Albert has yet to learn how to remain humble in his own way, his relationship with Celie will become not abusive but a good enough relationship that one can call it a friendship. Albert’s relationship changed when we were able to bring Nettie back to Celie. Even though he separated Nettie from Celie by hiding her letters. To describe Alberts character development. One would say he went from being the bad character to a good character. In order, for the protagonist to develop to her highest potential.
In spite, of the difference in time, and the different aspects of “The Color Purple”. Each character had either influenced Celie or Celie influenced them. The day to day life of Celie was of her going through the tough parts of life with her stepfather, husband, Shug, and others to reach her dream of life without

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