https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l Block 6 en-us 2020-12-18 13:17:51 UTC 2026-02-01 11:19:07 UTC hello@padlet.com gpazmino2021 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055799659 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]]> 2021-01-05 14:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055799659 gpazmino2021 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055806111 2021-01-05 14:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055806111 gpazmino2021 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055821871 "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)]]> 2021-01-05 15:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055821871 gpazmino2021 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055836484 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.]]> 2021-01-05 15:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055836484 maria_mejia3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055836755 "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)]]> 2021-01-05 15:04:58 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055836755 maria_mejia3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055848131 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. ]]> 2021-01-05 15:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055848131 gpazmino2021 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055853652 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.]]> 2021-01-05 15:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055853652 maria_mejia3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055862482 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. ]]> 2021-01-05 15:09:55 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055862482 maria_mejia3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055884673 2021-01-05 15:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055884673 maria_mejia3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055889194 2021-01-05 15:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055889194 maria_mejia3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055896856 "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)]]> 2021-01-05 15:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1055896856 matias_rodriguez3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056035148 "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).]]> 2021-01-05 15:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056035148 matias_rodriguez3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056041638 What is the author's purpose by showing so much infidelity and why was is so normalized with women at that period in time?]]> 2021-01-05 15:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056041638 matias_rodriguez3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056055914 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. ]]> 2021-01-05 15:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056055914 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056075314 Isa Abedrabbo
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]]> 2021-01-05 15:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056075314 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056093062 Isa Abedrabbo
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]]> 2021-01-05 15:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056093062 matias_rodriguez3 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056100010 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. ]]> 2021-01-05 15:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056100010 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056116243 Isa Abedrabbo
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.]]> 2021-01-05 16:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056116243 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056139127 Isa Abedrabbo
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?]]> 2021-01-05 16:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056139127 https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056159059 Isa Abedrabbo 
"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)]]> 2021-01-05 16:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1056159059 matias_guevara https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1058134119 What are the forces that loom over Celie? How do they affect her life and her relationships with others?]]> 2021-01-06 03:31:30 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1058134119 matias_guevara https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1058138448 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.]]> 2021-01-06 03:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1058138448 matias_guevara https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1058138637 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.]]> 2021-01-06 03:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/isabelagreen/4orbam3rmtv2nq0l/wish/1058138637