The much talked about novel, The Color Purple, can be seen as controversial to many different groups of people. This book for some time now has been under evaluation as to when if at anytime this book should be introduced to students. This book contains many different topics that people may not comprehend and may just see the different scenes as offensive instead of exploring the scenes for the deeper meaning. One man in Tennessee declares. “I just read enough of the book to know I don’t want to read the book.” (Holt 15) Is this a fair judgment to be made?

This book was obviously written for groups of students who are mature enough to handle talking about sexual relations along with many other topics this book covers. No teacher would just make some 5th grader read this book. If that were the case then the parents who do not want there children reading this book would have a valid point. At that age children are definitely not ready to handle the material written in this book. However, the teachers who require students to read this book assign it to higher-level students in high school who are mature enough to hold lengthy and adult conversations about the material presented in this book. Sexuality is a much talked about issue in this book, therefore no teacher would require this book if they did not feel the group they were teaching could handle it; if so a good portion of this book would have to remain un-talked about, making it pointless to read.

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