color purple
Alice Walker's novel, The Color Purple, follows Celie down the winding road of her life. As a poor black girl living in the South, Celie endures and overcomes many hardships. As the novel opens, the readers learn that she has been raped repeatedly by her father, then later is forced into a loveless marriage with a man who treats her like a slave. Celie does not stand up for herself, and therefore gets taken advantage of in many ways, but through the friendships that she takes part in, she eventually learns to stand up for herself. "Celie is a terrorized, passive girl with little belief in herself who undergoes a major transformation in attitude and becomes a ...courageous and willful woman" (Taylor, Masterpieces 107). Though the characters of Nettie and Sofia play an important role in the development of Celie's life, it is Shug who plays the most important role by teaching and encouraging her to find pride, self-esteem, strength, and love. Sofia is a fighter and indirectly teaches Celie to stand up for herself. In the South, during the 1930's, blacks worked for whites, and black women were expected to "mind" their husbands. Sofia does not fit this norm, in fact, she defies it. Sofia is married to Celie's step-son, Har
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Approximate Word count = 2081
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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