The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a novel filled with different critical theories. Walker wrote this novel to make a point about how African American women are treated by men. The amount of detail involved in her stories makes me think that Walker might have experienced or knows someone who experienced some of the things that the characters experience in this novel. The things that happen in this story tend to be very sexual. For example, when Celie feels as if "All I can do is pull the quilt over my head and finger my little button and titties and cry"(79). The majority of the problems that Walker trys to address in this novel are almost all in some way, sexual.
Walker uses the literary Device of diction to help the readers see how seriously and passionate the characters in this book are about sex. She describes a sexual experience to make the readers picture the scene in dept, "Stick the looking glass tween my legs. Ugh. All that hair. Then my pussy lips be black. The inside look like a wet rose"(78). The end of the page goes in to be real sexual and thats to show how bad she wantewd harpo to be pleased with her. Mayb walker is saying that women from this community took it as a big task to make sure that they satisfied there husbands. She did everything her body could do to make him happy so this tells me as a reader that a good sexual experience was essential to a good relationship with these people.
In "The Color Purple" Alice walker uses a grim tone in peoples live to show transformation and why people end up going through it.In "The Color Purple" everyone throughout the novel has a sad story and background which implicitly influences their actions and how they think. Celie for an example became a homosexual due to a sad history with men: including her father and her husband. After her father raped her countless times and having her husband spend most of his time beating her, Celie turned to women for love. This sexually arrousing feeling bursts out when Shug Avery shows up at her house and Celie spends most of her time washing, feeding, and taking care of her. After a while the feelings start to become stronger and even a thoughts about Shug would make Celie's "Nipples harden under... [her] dress", and her "little button perk up too" (81). Celie would feel more looking at Shug Avery then she would having sex with her husband. Transformation in Celie had been caused by the ability to no longer trust men because the two men who were suppose to be the closest to her engaged in those shameful actions which scareed her for life.
I think that this book could be a little confusing at times because of the way that Alice Walker tells her story, I feel that she goes from one place to another whenever a new letter for God starts. Also, something that I wonder while I read this book is if the author had a similar childhood to what she's writing about. Another thing that I think is a little confusing is the reason of why Mr. ______ is with Celie and not trying again to get with Shug Avery if it shows that he does not have interest for Celie. Mr.______ is talking to his father and tells him how he feels and says, "I love Shug Avery. Always have, always will. I should have married her when I had the chance"(55). The first question that comes to head is why didn't he do it at first? Can he do something to get her and leave Celie?
I agree with R.P because we pretty much noticed the same pattern going on throughout the book. The fact that sex was a major neccesity to the people and the thoughts. Walkers diction is very sexual and often while reading the book you come to find something sexual being talked about. Both me and R.P easily spotted this out so thats why i believe this was a major point walker wanted to tell readers.
Alice Walker seems to be an author that grabs the readers attention right off the bat. The way she uses vivid, descriptive language adds interest. However, not only does she convey a variety of different messages, but she incorporates many critical theories in her style of writing in order to emphasize on her ideas. Sometimes I would wonder if the things that actually happened throughout the novel, were repressed memories that perhaps related to something that she had to go through when she was a child. The suthor's style of writing helps build such intense emotions that allow readers to connect to with her on a greater, and deeper level.
How does Alice Walker use harsh explicit sexual and violent imagery to shock readers and emotionally tie them to the novel’s characters with extreme compassion? How does Alice Walker use diction to show educational gaps within society and how black people’s ignorance control the way they live? How does Alice Walker use woman with different personalities and life experiences to show how society is corrupted by the way all of them are treated by men?
Rodney Poindujour Draft Inquiry Questions What drove Alice Walker to use explicit imagery to convey her idea that African American women are placed on a lower level in society? Why does Alice Walker use diction to bring her characters to life? How does Alice Walker use imagery to make the reader aware of what is occurring in her novel?
How does Alice Walker use sexually explicit imagery to shock her readers? Why would someone feel compassion while reading this book, and why does Walker make it this way? How does Walker use her diction to show the educational gaps in our society? What role did abuse play in walker’s life? Would Walker be considered as a feminist due to the way she portrays men to be in this novel?
1.)How does Alice Walker use imagery to show the readers the situation the characters are going through like stress and disaster in one’s life?
2.)How does Alice Walker use sexually explicit imagery and detailed description to make readers uncomfortable and make them have reaction mentally and physically, to raise awareness of things that could happen and do happen in today’s world, and lastly how does it bring compassion to the readers?
3.)Why is abuse such a big deal in this book? How does sexual abuse between the same family causes terrible things in one’s future?
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a novel filled with different critical theories. Walker wrote this novel to make a point about how African American women are treated by men. The amount of detail involved in her stories makes me think that Walker might have experienced or knows someone who experienced some of the things that the characters experience in this novel. The things that happen in this story tend to be very sexual. For example, when Celie feels as if "All I can do is pull the quilt over my head and finger my little button and titties and cry"(79). The majority of the problems that Walker trys to address in this novel are almost all in some way, sexual.
Walker uses the literary Device of diction to help the readers see how seriously and passionate the characters in this book are about sex. She describes a sexual experience to make the readers picture the scene in dept, "Stick the looking glass tween my legs. Ugh. All that hair. Then my pussy lips be black. The inside look like a wet rose"(78). The end of the page goes in to be real sexual and thats to show how bad she wantewd harpo to be pleased with her. Mayb walker is saying that women from this community took it as a big task to make sure that they satisfied there husbands. She did everything her body could do to make him happy so this tells me as a reader that a good sexual experience was essential to a good relationship with these people.
In "The Color Purple" Alice walker uses a grim tone in peoples live to show transformation and why people end up going through it.In "The Color Purple" everyone throughout the novel has a sad story and background which implicitly influences their actions and how they think. Celie for an example became a homosexual due to a sad history with men: including her father and her husband. After her father raped her countless times and having her husband spend most of his time beating her, Celie turned to women for love. This sexually arrousing feeling bursts out when Shug Avery shows up at her house and Celie spends most of her time washing, feeding, and taking care of her. After a while the feelings start to become stronger and even a thoughts about Shug would make Celie's "Nipples harden under... [her] dress", and her "little button perk up too" (81). Celie would feel more looking at Shug Avery then she would having sex with her husband. Transformation in Celie had been caused by the ability to no longer trust men because the two men who were suppose to be the closest to her engaged in those shameful actions which scareed her for life.
I think that this book could be a little confusing at times because of the way that Alice Walker tells her story, I feel that she goes from one place to another whenever a new letter for God starts. Also, something that I wonder while I read this book is if the author had a similar childhood to what she's writing about. Another thing that I think is a little confusing is the reason of why
Mr. ______ is with Celie and not trying again to get with Shug Avery if it shows that he does not have interest for Celie. Mr.______ is talking to his father and tells him how he feels and says, "I love Shug Avery. Always have, always will. I should have married her when I had the chance"(55). The first question that comes to head is why didn't he do it at first? Can he do something to get her and leave Celie?
I agree with R.P because we pretty much noticed the same pattern going on throughout the book. The fact that sex was a major neccesity to the people and the thoughts. Walkers diction is very sexual and often while reading the book you come to find something sexual being talked about. Both me and R.P easily spotted this out so thats why i believe this was a major point walker wanted to tell readers.
Alice Walker seems to be an author that grabs the readers attention right off the bat. The way she uses vivid, descriptive language adds interest. However, not only does she convey a variety of different messages, but she incorporates many critical theories in her style of writing in order to emphasize on her ideas. Sometimes I would wonder if the things that actually happened throughout the novel, were repressed memories that perhaps related to something that she had to go through when she was a child. The suthor's style of writing helps build such intense emotions that allow readers to connect to with her on a greater, and deeper level.
Drafting Inquiry questions
How does Alice Walker use harsh explicit sexual and violent imagery to shock readers and emotionally tie them to the novel’s characters with extreme compassion?
How does Alice Walker use diction to show educational gaps within society and how black people’s ignorance control the way they live?
How does Alice Walker use woman with different personalities and life experiences to show how society is corrupted by the way all of them are treated by men?
Rodney Poindujour
Draft Inquiry Questions
What drove Alice Walker to use explicit imagery to convey her idea that African American women are placed on a lower level in society?
Why does Alice Walker use diction to bring her characters to life?
How does Alice Walker use imagery to make the reader aware of what is occurring in her novel?
Draft Inquiry Questions
DR. Francois
How does Alice Walker use sexually explicit imagery to shock her readers?
Why would someone feel compassion while reading this book, and why does Walker make it this way?
How does Walker use her diction to show the educational gaps in our society?
What role did abuse play in walker’s life?
Would Walker be considered as a feminist due to the way she portrays men to be in this novel?
DRAFT INQUIRY QUESTIONS!
1.)How does Alice Walker use imagery to show the readers the situation the characters are going through like stress and disaster in one’s life?
2.)How does Alice Walker use sexually explicit imagery and detailed description to make readers uncomfortable and make them have reaction mentally and physically, to raise awareness of things that could happen and do happen in today’s world, and lastly how does it bring compassion to the readers?
3.)Why is abuse such a big deal in this book? How does sexual abuse between the same family causes terrible things in one’s future?
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