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Title: The Color Purple Author: Alice Walker Type of novel: Historical fiction Date published: 1982 Genre: Epistolary novel, confessional Style of novel: Letters (to God & sister)

"I dare not ask, I know. But leave it all to God." -Nettie (138)

What about Alice Walker? Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, and is still living wonderfully today. She is still writing plenty too. Some of the things in which she is known for are the Pulitzer Prize, Zora Neale Hurston, and work against female circumcision. In her early years she was scared from many different things, but yet she was also able to proceed and be the valedictorian of her high school, go off to college, and lastly get married. On a sad note her marriage didn't last longer then ten years. But during the time she wrote her first book. She even had a daughter with her now ex-husband in 1970. In the beginnings of her writing not many people knew of her. But, once she began to write on more topics more people began to read and know of her writing. This novel started Walker's fame and was turned into a movie, plays,musicals etc. One of her main topics of her writing is feminism/womanism. She is very strong willed on both of these topics. 'The Color Purple' relates to all of the topics that she is known for writing in the past and well as the future.

The Color Purple (Plot): The Color Purple is written in letter from. Whether Celie or Nettie are writting to God or each other. Celie at this point in the begining of the novel is a young girl who thinks she is living with her sisters, mother and 'real father'. Very soon in the novel Celie is told to cut her 'fathers' hair. But, yet at that point she is rapped. To be betrayed at suck a young age by your own 'father' is mind tarring for a child. This is not a sinario in which only happens every once in a while, but about a few times a week sometimes more or less depending on the mood. The rape did start out slow though and then gradually progressed throughout. Her mother was not awhere of the situation at hand. She was also a victom of this crime, but was soon killed shortly into the novel.

Celie is then felling as though she has to protect her siblings from this man whom is know as their 'father'. Scared as any other not always able to keep away he still is able to manage to sucker one of the girls into rape, because he assults them as well. He abuses the girls so they make sure to not back off and do as he says.

Then soon later Nettie is on to a missionary in Africa so them leaving Celie behind with her 'father'. Celie all of a sudden becomes obsessed with Shug Avery, a singer/performer whom is also her fathers lover as well. Few years later Celie is thought to be blessed with the opportunity to basically nurse Shug Avery. She took care of her. That is what started there close relationship and life of love. Celie was able to discover herself with Shug in many ways in which she wrote about in this novel. Along with Celie then got married not out choice and had step children that to her seem to be troubling. Once she had to release Sofia, one of her stepchildren, from jail because she punched the mayor's wife right in the kisser. It didn't stop there for Sofia though she also had to work in the 'white' household working as there made.

As all of this is happening from Africa Nettie is trying to send Celie letters to give her tabs on what is going on. But Mr. ,there 'father', has taken all of them a hidden them before Celie can even find them or know of them. Celie later finds all of the letters with Shug and takes them from the trunk leaving only the envelopes. She then reads the letters not all at once, but in scatters so she is able to feel as though she i talking with her daily in the novel.

Shortly after Celie reads some of the letters she confronts her 'father', which she finds out through the letters that he is her step father not blood related at all, about the letters. He attemps to appologize but she doesn't accept. Right after that she decides with Shug to leave town and go move to Memphis. Shug showed her how to make her first pair of pant and then Celie started a clothing line of them.

Nettie married a man in Africa and then he adopted her children. They later came back to the U.S. which was a shoke because throughout the letter Celie prdicted and was told that they all died on there trip home. It was then "like a family reunion on July 4th... not even a celebration of July 4th independence day." (Celie 288) So many memories made that day, so many memories remembered, and so many memories come back from God. Shug makes a comment about it really making God made when and if you were to walk through a field of flowers and walk past the color and don't notice it. The title of book ties in throughout the novel but mostly towards the end in that single remake which Shug made.

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Likes: > > > Dislikes: > > > > ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU GO!!! > Even if you are not one whom likes to read books or novels in journal or diary form trust me you would begin to after reading this book. 'The Color Purple' is just a tagger it makes you want to read more to figure out what happens next. Even though there are no dates you are still able to follow along quite easily in this novel. So, you should honestly read this realistic historic novel. If you are able to enjoy this one you should check out Walkers other published books as well. [|CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HER BOOKS]. Don't stop now check out here movies, up above, and her musicals on this novel in particular too. Just go crazy with Alice Walker she is an amazing writing and I know she would love to see everyones dedication to her writing. > > Other book choices: > [|A Child Called It] > Many books related topic click [|HERE] > > Work Cited: Walker,Alice.__The Color Purple.__Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,1982.
 * Descriptive words in the book
 * Dialog (good relation and shows meaning through book)
 * Plot and over all story line
 * Communitcation with in the letters between
 * Some of the vocabulary choice
 * No dates on the journal/novel enteries
 * Some comments/opinions in book on God