MAXnotes for The Color Purple (MAXnotes)

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Summary: Magnificent book!
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This is the most magnificent books I have read. Filled with sadness and turmoil, so full of truth....so determined. I came from a life of abuse (child). Though I have read mostly memoirs like NIGHTMARES ECHO, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS and BEAUTY FOR ASHES to try and help aide in the healing process. I have found that this book COLOR PURPLE has also helped me in so many ways to understand the feelings that go on inside someone that comes from abuse. This is truly a page turner. So Magnificent.

Rating:
Summary: Magnificent book!
Review: This is the most magnificent books I have read. Filled with sadness and turmoil, so full of truth....so determined. I came from a life of abuse (child). Though I have read mostly memoirs like NIGHTMARES ECHO, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS and BEAUTY FOR ASHES to try and help aide in the healing process. I have found that this book COLOR PURPLE has also helped me in so many ways to understand the feelings that go on inside someone that comes from abuse. This is truly a page turner. So Magnificent.

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Summary: THE COLOR PURPLE, a heartfelt masterpiece
Review: "I maybe black, I may be poor, I maybe a woman, and I may even be ugly! But thank God I'm here"

I have recently finished reading The Color Purple, by Alice Walker. This book had the most emotional impact on me, more then any other book I have ever read. It gives the reader a vivid and terrifying description of the life of a black woman growing up in the early twenty century. I read this book for my eighth grade English class. Everyone was assigned to read an independent reading book that relates and associates with the timeless classic, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Even though the main character in each book was placed in completely different situations, the same issues applied to both. There were both victims of sexism. Both their lives were dominated by men and Celie, in The Color Purple, was abused by them physically and mentally because they wanted to keep her in line and control her to a certain extent that doesn't allow her to think for herself. Scout, in To Kill a Mockingbird, had constant pressure upon her to be the lady society had shaped woman to be. The Color Purple opened up to an experience that many woman faced but was chosen to be ignored by the public. It expressed the harshness of reality and the pain inflicted amongst many woman of a different race during this period of time.

The Color Purple takes place in the south and spans thirty years in the life of Celie, a poor southern black woman. Alice Walker portrays the life of an innocent girl who is put through rape, physical abuse, teenage marriage, child birth and emotional abuse. Celie started out as a slave to her own family. Her mother is killed, and Celie and her siblings are raised by their father.

Celie goes through the transition of a slave to an individual. Celie is an extremely strong character that overcomes the many years of abuse that was put upon her. The book was conveyed in a style that is unique in its own sense and the use of the Southern English makes the book especially realistic and more like an actual journal. I have felt that it is the most powerful portrayal of a woman and her struggle to survive. This character shows the reader that she is a survivor and your future can't be determined from your past.

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Summary: An inspiring read!
Review: I read The Color Purple by Alice Walker as my independent reading book for my eighth grade English class. As a class, we were also reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Both books discuss racism in the early twentieth century. To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on the issue as a problem that white people have to fix. The characters in The Color Purple live around racism, accepting it as a fact of life. They don't expect anyting to change; they're used to life with racism, and they don't see any point in changing it themselves. The Color Puple is a hard book to read; not so much the language, but the ideas and concepts that are introduced and dealt with are harsh, and even disturbing. Celie, the main character, is a black woman trying to survive in a cold and unforgiving world. She suffered an abusive father and then an abusive husband. Her letters to God, and then later ones to her sister express her journey from a lost and helpless child to a confidante, self-serving woman. All of Celie's feelings and thoughts are presented bluntly. The graphic nature with which her experiences are described are moving, distressing, and enlightening. I was emotionally torn over and over again with pity and pride for Celie, hatred, disgust and compassion fo Mr.______, and admiration for Shug. This book is a wonderful and moving story about a woman's journey through life. This book is definitely for mature readers. I would recommend this book to anyone with an accepting and open mind.

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Summary: "Purple-is the Best"
Review: I've seen the movie which prompted me to read the book and that it was on Oprah's BC list. However, for the first time, I can truly say that the movie was just as good as the book (usually the book is always better). An excellent keeper. Also working its way up the Oprah's list is the novel, LUST OF THE FLESH by Beverly Rolyat, an author's writing thats reminiscent to Alice Walker. An engaging, compelling, eye-opening read. Lust of the Flesh is about a corrupted district attorney who gets caught up in scandalous activities. A lot of sexually explicit material but that accounts for the theme and title of book. An excellent and enlightening read through and through. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Greatest Book
Review: This is one of the greatest books of all time. This book is heart moving, truthful and extremely emotional. If you thought you had problems you didn't experience anything yet until you've read this book. It will literally leave you in tears. It is a guaranteed masterpiece. It will leave you with a different judgment about God, race, and sex. The Color Purple if not change you as a person, it will definitely change your views about your life. This would be the perfect gift to give someone.