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The Color Purple

The Color Purple was published in 1983, and written by Alice Walker. The book addressed the issues surrounding the life of the southern American black female in the 1930s. The book won a couple of prizes, including a Pulitzer.

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Who rapes Celie in the color purple?

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In Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple, the character of Celie is sexually abused by her stepfather, Alphonso. This ongoing abuse results in the birth of two of her children, who are taken away from her at a young age.

Are purple dragonflies real?

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Purple dragonflies do exist I have taken many photos of them they are about 3 inches long or so they are very pretty and trying to find the name of it but there aren't many that I have seen I have also seen golden ones and bright green with black banding down abdomen those are really pretty too. There are even giant ones that remind me of helicopters they are about 7 or 8 inches long or so and silver grey with a nice sized wing span to boot. The person that answered before probably doesn't live in the right area you have to live near water and be in a place where there are various dragonflies around. They come in many sizes and colors. I have seen many types of them.

What is the resolution of the book the color purple?

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4th grade, interest level 9th grade+

"an expression of love and humanity, the story of a poor, barely literate black woman in the rural South duringthe early decadesof this century, and her struggle for independance. Contains mature material."

What is the name of the young girl who played Celie in the film The Color Purple?

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Nettie Harris..real name in life is Akosua busia

Why in the color purple does celie start addressing you letters to nettie?

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She wrote letters to god looking for comfort and hope; all of this started when her mother just died and she had no one else to rely on so her only way of comfort herself was writing to god.

Why was the book The Color Purple by Alice Walker banned in the US?

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People tried to ban it, but it wasn't banned in the US. People who wanted to stop the making of the movie, because they said it portrayed Black men in a bad way. There are sleazy and unkind people of all kinds just as there are good and kind people of all kinds. The First amendment allows authors and filmmakers the freedom to print or promote whatever is their viewpoint.
My personal opinion: I have a problem with teachers assigning students to read this book. The movie was rated 'R' or restricted, for a reason. By US standards, 'R' means it's not intended for viewers under 17.
Parents, don't try to ban things, just don't watch it, and keep your kids away from it.
But, we should raise our own children, not the schools.
If persons (hate groups, books, movies, websites, etc) want to promote hatred, terrorism, sexual abuse or murder, they should be punished
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Learn what your kids do in their spare time. If you don't teach them, "the streets" will!
I didn't read the book or see the movie, but I have read about it.
If you wish to read about it, go to:
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it is banned because its a bad bad book

How old is Celie in the Book The Colour Purple?

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She is 14 at the beginning of the book. At the very end, she is 44 because she and Nettie have not seen each other for 30 years.

How does celie feel about shug in the color purple?

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major conflict of The Color Purple is Celie is verbally, physically, and sexually abused by several different men, leaving her with little sense of self-worth, no narrative voice, and no one to run to. rising action Shug teaches Celie about God, sexuality, and love, and helps Celie locate Nettie's lost letters.

When was the book the color purple written?

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Alice Walker used African American Vernacular English (AAVE) to create Celie's voice in the novel.

AAVE contains features such as

1) Use of the object pronoun 'us' instead of the subject pronoun 'we'.

"where us going"

2) Double Negative - "Us don't say nothing to each other"

3) Lexis associated with the Southern States of America - "Aint","Hot diggidy dog"

4) Verb uninflected for tens - used for those irregular verbs that remain in present tense. - "he say"

5) Present tense verbs uninflected for person or number. "shug write...', 'Harpo want to know"

6) Altered syntax in question. "how old she is?", "How her hair is".

7)Phonetic Spelling. "Two berkulosis", "pu that town", "ast", "ole"

8) Past tense inflection omitted - this phrase should be used when the past tense affix - 'ed' is missing. "he pick up a rock and laid my head open"

9) The unmarked possessive. - "Harpo girl daddy"

10) The ommission of the verb 'to be'. "who this?", "what you doing here"

11) Use of the infinitive form of the verb 'to be'. "He be looking at Nettie"

12) Ommission of the copula verb - a copula verb is a verb that links the subject to a complement.

Example: It feels cold

It = subject

feels = copula verb

cold = complement (A complement is a description of the subject)

Generally in AAVE, when the copula verb is omitted, the copula verb is 'to be':

"Shug Avery sick"

"he weak"

Why does celie charish the quilt she and Sofia made in the color purple?

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Because in the traditional Old South to show respect to a woman, often by someone younger, the elder was always addressed as "Miss". We were taught as children to address adult women as Miss Ginger or Miss Scarlet. We did this at church and with our mother's friends. Depending on where I am now geographically or which group of friends I am with, this is still practiced. My family origins were Mississippi from the turn of the 19th century. I was born in the early 1960s. This really is not a race conotation. This is a Southern tradition. It may have originally come from how a servant was to address a person of gentry. But it continued long after servitude ended.

When was the book The Color Purple released?

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"COLOUR! CAN'T YOU GET IT RIGHT?"

If you watch the beginning of the movie it shows the year 1909 when celie was about 13. There is a mistake dealing with the year. Because when they show her having the baby it states winter of the year but when they show spring it shows the year before. So it's about 40 years from when she has her secon child. Now the book I'm now sure but usually when they do a movie based on a book they cover the same time period.

What medical condition did Alice Walker suffer from during the filming of The Color Purple?

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The author of the book, "The Colour Purple", was Alice Walker, but she was not an actor in the movie version.

Why is the story the color purple called the color purple?

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Late in the movie, Shug and Celie are walking among beautiful purple flowers and talking about God wanting to be loved, just as we all do. Shug was making the point that she thinks that God "gets pissed off" if we walk by the color purple without noticing it.

To be truthful, No one really knows!

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Purple is the color of violence and blood.