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Summary: THE COLOR PURPLE
Review: All in all, I liked this story. Although I didn't really relate much to the characters in the story, I enjoyed reading it. There were very few parts that I just absolutely dreaded reading. At times, it seemed some what boring, but nothing really made me want to just throw the book down and not want to read it. For the most part, it was very interesting, and fun to read. I think the reason it was so easy to get into, was because it was in a part of time that we haven't ever experienced. In those days, women were nothing, and men ruled everything, and blacks were treated like they were a lesser person then the whites were, whereas now, everyone is treated equal. I think by this generation not going through that, made it was interesting to read and try to understand what they were going through.
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Summary: The Color Purple
Review: I personally enjoyed this story. it was very heartwarming, and really touched me. Although i didnt relate much to the story, i understood exactly where the author was coming from. Many people have this stereotype about men being stronger then women. Well, this story goes to showthat a woman can overcome herself, and the stereotype, and to stand up to the "stronger" man. This story gives women a great name, adn goes to show how strong we really are. i prasie Alice Walker for everything she has done in her writings.
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Summary: The Color Purple
Review: The story of a young black girl, growing up being abused and taken advantage of by almost every man she ever knew, is a story that will open your eyes. It shows the reader what it really means to a person for someone to love them. This book however does get a little graphic and shares a little to many explicit details. The story is at first a little hard to understand with the form of English that the author chose to write in. You soon will get use to it and feel like the young uneducated girl is actually speaking to you. You can't help but feel bad for Celie as you take the path down the rocky road she calls life.
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Summary: A Masterpiece Painted With The Color Purple
Review: A friend recommended 'The Color Purple' to me. I hadn't read anything by Alice Walker in the past so it was something different for me.
'The Color Purple' is seen as a best-selling modern classic. It won the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. It has caused a fair bit of controversy due to the strong views it contains. The main character is Celie who is a black American woman. At the beginning of the novel she is fourteen. Her mother is mentally disturbed and her second husband is called Alphonso. Celie has a younger sister Nettie and several smaller siblings.
When things start going wrong for Celie she begins writing letters to God explaining her feelings and asking for guidance. In this book there are fifty-one letters like these to God from Celie spanning a period of over thirty years. It deals with lesbian relationships too. The plot of this book is very clever and you get so involved in the characters that you don't try to guess what is going to happen next. I don't want to give any of the plots away so I'll discuss the main character
and what I feel about the book instead. Celie obviously is the central character. It is through her that we view the world. Early on you empathise with her and feel angry for her when things go wrong. She goes through a lot emotionally in this book and you feel like you're with her every step of the way. Celie seems to spend her adult life trying to get to grips with and forgetting experiences in her early life. Celie's narration is both vivid, intimate and at times dramatic. She does miss out words at times and we get used to her 'style' and language. The novel deals with a range of issues here are some of the more important ones: Religion
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This is obvious as the letters that Celie writes are to God. Also the novel deals with Celie's faith crisis and how her beliefs change due to her experiences in life. The religious issues are linked the male superiority as many imagine God to be a man. Celie finally comes to a conclusion about her beliefs at the end of the novel. Violence
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There are many references to violence in this book, however Walker manages to avoid it dominating the story. This results in the novel being realistic and we still sympathise with the characters.
The novel is more about emotion than 'action' and violence. Slavery and male dominance
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The novel touches on the fact that men are unable to see women as equals in keeping with the past slave-owning beliefs. Slavery was terminated in the States in 1865 but the effects of it continued. Degrading terms from the slavery era like 'girl' and 'boy' are used often in the novel. This novel is a bittersweet tender journey of Celie's life (well most of it anyway). If you are interested in Black American novels or feminism then you should read this book.
Also if you liked the film, then you'll love this book.
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Summary: The Color Purple
Review: I personally enjoyed this story. It was very heart warming, and really touched me. Although I didn't relate much to the story, I understood where exactly the author is coming from. Many people have a stereotype that men are always stronger then women. Well, this story goes to show that a woman can overcome her self, and the stereotype, and stand up to the 'stronger' man. This story gives women a great name, and goes to show how strong we really are.
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Summary: a great representation
Review: What a wonderful and refreshing piece of feminist literature. Alice Walker does an amazing job of writing from the heart, soul, and mind of the black woman in this great epistological novel. The language is believable, and the characters are deep and developing. Word Ninja
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Summary: misleading
Review: This book contained some good material. It was hard to get into. I felt as if Alice Walker decided to create only one important character; Celie. The other characters in the book weren't even worthy of names? The English grammar used really bothered me at first. I believed the plot was excellent but the story line to go along with it didn't do any justice. It seemed pointless to me. I never fell in love with any of the characters because you were never given enough information to relate to them. There were an excessive amount of characters that had no impact on the story whatsoever. I must admit, there were a few intriguing parts in the book. I'm all for women making a name for themselves in this world but I'm not sure this book actually portrayed the strength that I believe women possess. As I said before, I have mixed feelings about this book but it isn't anything I would recommend to anybody.
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Summary: unbelievable
Review: I have to admit that i did like a few parts of this novel. However, it wasn't captivating,deep, triumphant or anything by my standards. I love to read stories about the real world and how life really is.I understand why it was written how it was but it just was not an appealing piece to me. I think the plot was great, and american struggling to make a place for her name in society, to be seen and heard but the way it was put together put me to sleep.
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Summary: shallow, manipulative, over-simplified
Review: It's a mystery to me why this book is so well-respected. As far as I can tell, it has only one character-- Celie-- and the rest are just empty figures who are either "good" or "bad" based most of all on whether they're male (bad, threatening, violent) or female (good, nurturing, uplifting). The plot is overly simplistic and manipulative- there just isn't much of interest here. If you had an option for 0 stars, I'd have given it 0.
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Summary: The Color Purple
Review: The Color Purple was one of the books I chose to read in a class I am taking in high school. My English teacher and the teacher of the class I was taking recommended it to me. I found it to be a very good, but difficult to read, novel. The message in the book, of a girl growing up and trying to keep a good attitude. The Color Purple was very similar to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou. The story about a young African American girl whose life is dramatically changed by a rape is in both books. The thing that made this book stand out to me was the love that Celie felt for her sister and Shug. The relationship between her and her sister was very touching and it made me hope that they would meet again before they died. Also, the relationship between Shug and Celie was partially confusing because I couldn't tell if they had a lesbian relationship or just a strong friendship. I would definitly reccomend it to mature readers because of the content and the language (it is slightly confusing).
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