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she doesn't want to be treated differently in any way and whats to be presentable

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Celie starts to write letters to Nettie instead of god because she wants  someone  who could Actually respond to her letters in Journey. She feels like somebody like Nettie would read her letters and respond back to her. This is significant to Celie's character development Because at first she would write to God about her being abused mentally and physically and how she remained herself and had no one to talk to.Now she has her sister.  Important phrases: “ Dear Nettie”

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nettie is no one's wife  yet married. To them nettie is a non person. Netties niece understands that the olinkas withhold education from the women like americans keep black from learning. The olikkas ignorance see and puzzled by her independence

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i think Walker focuses on these issues within the Olinka community because she portrays it as self-centeredness of the Olinka people and their lack of interests towards slavery. Also she wants the reader to reflect about how the Olinkas are similar to America and their expectations/ ways.

Page #: 164-166

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She writes to Nettie instead of God because she feels that God would never help or listen to a black Woman. “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, forgetful and lockdown”.

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I think Celie starts to write to nettie because she want's a response. She doesn't think god could have an answer and is looking for another way of receiving one. Maybe she is writing letters to god to get closer to him, but in this moment she doesn't need god, but someone who could actually understand her.

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Nettie is married by shes no ones wife, she is a non person to to them.

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Walker focuses on these issues as well to also shed light and try to spread awareness that African Americans can sometimes systematically contribute to their own suppression/oppression. I don't believe Walker stands for that, I feel the purpose of her spreading awareness to that idea is to try and bring an end to it.

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Cecile finally realized that God was never going to truly write her back and therefore started writing letter to Nettie instead because it like she has had some more realizations about life and herself. Like when she said "The God I have been praying to is a man." Cecile has never had a good relationship with any of the men in her life.

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What does Nettie realize when she is in Africa?

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she must have been mistaken for Nettie, instead of thinking that she’s the mother and she is the wife, the Olinka people think Nettie is the relation Corinne is.

“ She wanted to know If I was also Samuel’s wife” (Walker 151).

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after learning that alphanzo is not her real father  she has lost faith in him and decides to write a last letter saying he must now go to sleep. Now she writes to nettie bc she finds faith in her

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She writes to Nettie because she senses hope and a little inspiration in her, shes losing faith in God.

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she starts to write to nettie because thats someone more close that could actually respond to her and give advice back, its significant because now instead of talking with god and just writing and getting what she has to say out now shes talking to nettie for feedback and advice and actually reaching out to someone for help

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I think she doesn't want the Olinka people to think shes "owned" or oppressed" by Samuel in a way.

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Celie wanted to have someone who will keep her update on more information like Nettie did

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I think the best way to explain it is that she doesn't want to be misunderstood, or misread by anyone. She respects herself and her Image and doesn't want to to be misinterpreted.

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Does Nettie go through anything similar to what Cecile went through?

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Do the men in Africa treat women the way Cecile is treated?

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“But the roadbuilders were literally up in arms. They had guns, Celie, with orders to shoot!” (Walker 169).

This an example of slavery because not only the Olinka people were back but the roadbuilders must have been white based on my interference(thoughts). In Africa, Will they ever threat their own people?

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how does nettie feel about what celie has told her regarding her father not being biological to her?

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During those times, after you are married your life belongs to your husband then kids. Its like she wants to be seen as her own person and not just an unmarried woman or "Samuel's wife"(151).

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I think it’s because she wants to show women how powerful they are and can be.

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Why did Corrine get upset about her children calling Nettie mama?

“And don’t let the children call you mama Nettie, she said, even in a play” (Walker 158).

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In a way I believe Walker is empowering women by showing them there is more to being a woman than having reproductive organs. But at the same time showing us that oppression is not always caused by white people.

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Why is Corrine accusing Nettie of sleeping with Samuel because her "children" look like Nettie?

“ ….As soon as Samuel left room she made me raise my dress and she sat up in her sickbed to examine my stomach”(Walker 173).

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I think that she wan't to bring light to a situation maybe people did not realize were important, or that society at the time made unimportant. She uses her platform to talk about the Olinka people and how they were oppressors themselves.

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After learning that she lost faith in him and decides to write one last letter saying he must sleep now. She writes to Nettie because she finds faith in her.

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She is concerned because the Olinka tribe take marriage seriously and Corinne and Nettie aren’t really doing well with their love life.

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Celie says that God is just like all the men she knows. Trifling, forgetful, and lowdown. "Trifling, forgitful and lowdown.
She say, Miss Celie, You better hush. God might hear you."(Pg 97 PDF)

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What are the differences between the way Nettie and Corinne behave among the Olinka people?

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She does not want the people in the village to get the wrong idea. , "Corrine asked me not to invite Samuel to my hut unless she were present. She said it gave the
villagers the wrong idea."(PDF 86)

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I think she focuses on those issues to show that gender inequality is universal and not just in America. "No wonder the men are often childish. And a grown child is a dangerous thing, especially since, among the Olinka, the husband has life and death power over the wife. If he accuses one of his wives of witchcraft or infidelity, she can be killed."(PDF 87)

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Corinne is concerned about Nettie because the locals think that Samuel is engaged in romances with 2 wives. Also Corinne is concerned with their relationship and she has ranklement  for Nettie.

pages 151

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She does this because she finds more comfort in Nettie than God

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Corinne and Nettie were concerned about Olinka's relationship because they do not like the feeling of being tied down in a relationship. And their relationship right now is very off comparing to Olinka's.

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How are relationships viewed/ treated in different places?

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I feel like she does not want to write to god anymore due to how he cannot give her advice like her sister can.