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Rape, incest, sex, forced labor, and a bit of reefer. These are some of the components of a Novel by Alice Walker. These views are illustrated proficiently in Walker's third novel, The Color Purple. These aspects had a lasting impression upon ideals and beliefs of the time period. Her writing's helped to break the racial tension and barrier that was present in some people's minds. One of the ways that the barrier was eliminated was through her depiction of an imperfect black person. If a white person were to write about an imperfect black person it would be considered racist. " I think the most chilling thing to me about the response to The Color Purple was that people said ' this doesn't happen', they said that this was 'totally an anomaly' (Ebony magazine, 'Walker Confronts the Questions About Her'). With Walker's writing about other blacks that are participating in situations that are immoral and corrupt, the subject is brought into a new frame of mind. These situations are talked about in the open, and the idea that everyone makes mistakes, is easier to understand. Walker combines all of these issues in her story in a deceptive way. The film and text versions of, The Color Purple, are simil
Spielberg eliminates or distorts the solidarity-affirming aspects of quilting and sewing with Albert, even face scarring, traditions which Walker's oppressed Africans practice in order to save culture or repair trouble relationships. The symbolic point of the quilting is that it is a social and individual way to cope with overwhelming odds. In adapting Walker's African feminist novel, Spielberg did not translate the different folk traditions of the African and Afro- American. Important parts of this folklore were most likely left on the cutting room floor in efforts not to bore the audience. Walker's novel is very unique in regards to style. Her use of black diction is very affective and adds the extra fragment of authenticity to the story line. The story line is very well wrapped up in both versions and there is a fulfilling finish to an entertaining tale. Everyone enjoys a story where there is a happy ending to the like of; they all lived happily ever after, and this story takes that path. The film shows Sofia's strength through the powerful looks she gives when physical violence is occurring around her. The look she gave Celie in the cornfield is nothing when compared to the looks she gives when people try to attack her or her children directly. An example is in Harpo's bar when Squeak, Harpo's new mistress, confronts her and slaps her for dancing with Harpo. A great camera shot then follows with the intention of letting the audience feel what Squeak is feeling and realizing what she had just done. The camera shoots Sofia close up, turning her head in slow motion, and then the action speeds up as Sofia gives Squeak a roundhouse punch knocking her to the floor. Later when Sofia is put in jail for knocking out the mayor, she is hit on the head with a pistol that closed her left up and made it almost useless. Sofia's reopened eye towards the end of the movie is the best evidence that she has reconciled with Celie, showing that this reconciliation has taken place because the positions of the two wo
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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