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The acts of violence in the book, physical, sexual and mental, represent the power that some characters and groups have over others. The men who abuse Celie have power over her, and their aggressions toward her stand for the broader patriarchal dynamic that exists in society. Also, white people have power over black people. This is seen when Sofia is beaten after the incident with the mayor and his wife.

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A recurring element in this story is sexual and physical abuse. Again and again, this arises in the relationships of characters, showing power dynamics between them. For example, in the beginning, Celie's father rapes her, and later in life, her husband beats her.

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What are the forces that loom over Celie? How do they affect her life and her relationships with others?

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"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back”
(Walker, pg 203)

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The Color Purple greatly focuses on the innequalities individuals face because of their race, yet throughout the story, Celie is often mistreated by other black people as well. Why do you think the author chose to also portray this aspect of the society she lived in?

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Celie's relationship with God greatly changes throughout the novel. At first, it is as if He listens to her but doesn't really do anyhting for her, because He was not made to serve people like her. Her momentary abandonment of God and her eventual discovery that He can be whatever whe makes Him out to be represents Celie acepting herself and also recognizing her own value as well as that of the world around her.

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Every time birds appear, they notice their singing. Shug has a very famous music career and Celie is obsessed with her very early on the novel. This career is later followed by Mary Agnes.

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Power is percieved through different ways and who has it is often defined by societal norms. Celie starts off powerless to control her own life, but as she slowly gains support from those that appreciate her, she's able to gain more of it. The idea of power changes from simply being the physically stronger person to being about taking the reigns of your own destiny

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The book focuses on the relationship between religion and individuals. At first, there's this idea that the link between God and people comes from a comunity that defines it, but as the story goes along, Celie's relationship with God becomes much more personal. The Color Purple also focuses on the idea that God can take different shapes for different people

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Birds are talked about and pointed out throughout the novel. Celie almost always see the birds singing, which could show the freedom the other women (Mary Agnes and Shug) feel when they sing. Celie is also compared to a bird by Mr. , because of her physical and vulnerable features and her wish to fly and be free from him.

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What is the author's purpose by showing so much infidelity and why was is so normalized with women at that period in time?

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"That's what these Olinka peoples say. But they say just like they know history before the white children start to come,
they know the future after the biggest of 'em leave. They say they know these particular children and they gon kill each
other off, they still so mad bout being unwanted. Gon kill off a lot of other folk too who got some color. In fact, they gon
kill off so much of the earth and the colored that everybody gon hate them just like they hate us today. Then they will
become the new serpent. And wherever a white person is found he'll be crush by somebody not white, just like they do
us today. And some of the Olinka peoples believe life will just go on and on like this forever. And every million years or so
something will happen to the earth and folks will change the way they look. Folks might start growing two heads one of
these days, for all we know, and then the folks with one head will send 'em all someplace else. But some of 'em don't
think like this. They think, after the biggest of the white folks no longer on the earth, the only way to stop making
somebody the serpent is for everybody to accept everybody else as a child of God, or one mother's children, no matter
what they look like or how they act," (Walker, pg 280).

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"What God do for me? I ast. She say, Celie! Like she shock. He gave you life, good health, and a good woman that love you to death. Yeah, I say, and he have me a lynched daddy, a crazy mama, a lowdown dog of a step pa and a sister I probably won't ever see again. Anyhow, I say, the God I been praying and writing to is a man. And act just like all the other mens I know. Trifling, forgitful and lowdown." (Walker, pg. 192)

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What are the differences between the patriarchy that Celie faces (USA) and that Nettie faces (Africa)?

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What are the differences between the patriarchy that Celie faces (USA) and that Nettie faces (Africa)?

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How did the epistolary format of the novel affect the way readers interpret it? 

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How did the epistolary format of the novel affect the way readers interpret it? 

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In the novel the way they perceive and see god changes greatly form beginning to end. The way they perceive God changes accordingly with the individual character development of the characters it is a motif that showcases the growth of the characters in the Novel, such as Nettie and Celie.

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Sexuality is one of the prevalent topics in the novel, which eventually ties into the empowerment of women. For Celie at the beginning of the novel women were not meant to be sexual, or have a sexual life rather than letting their husbands rape them. She was raped since age 14, so her idea of sexuality was spoiled. This changes when she meets Shug Avery, who teaches her to please herself and what sex really is.

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In the beginning of the novel we just see mean dominating people and women being and children being oppressed, but as the novel continue we get presented to powerful women who undermine the opinion of others and strive forward such as Sofia and Shug. Eventually this leads to a change in other women, such as Celie and even Mary Agnes.

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"Oh, Celie, there are colored people in the world who want us to know! Want us to grow and see light! They are not all  mean like Pa and Albert, or beaten down like ma was." (Walker, pg 132)

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"I don't care if you sleep with him, I say. And she take me at my word. I take me at my word too. But when I hear them together all I can do is pull the quilt over my head and finger my little button and titties and cry."( Walker, pg 79)

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What caused MR. ______ to change after Celie left him? Why?

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What caused MR. ______ to change after Celie left him? Why?

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The letters exchanged between Celie and Nettie symbolize a strong bond between them, as well as hope. The letters represent the hope they have of being able to persevere their hardships and meet once again

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The color purple is mentioned from the begging of the novel, mainly by Shug. Purple represents all of the things that God has created for the enjoyment of men and women. At the beginning of the novel Celie has no regard to the color purple, but when Shug comes into her life, she points out the concept of it being a thing that God created to make the people happy. At the end, when Celie learns to love her life and be happy she decorates her room all purple and red.