https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban Critical Essay en-us 2018-02-20 13:28:06 UTC 2026-02-21 19:23:13 UTC hello@padlet.com marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/233395413 "Walker is most faithful to the Romantic tradition in her choice of subject, the lives of ordinary rural black people between the wars, and in her decision to tell the main part of her story in their own language." (MacColl).]]> 2018-02-20 17:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/233395413 marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/233397179 "Celie's progress toward freedom from oppression unfolds as a steady, gradual process, mirrored in the increasingly confident style in which she writes and in the actions and attitudes she records." (Walker, Contemporary Literary Criticism).]]> 2018-02-20 17:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/233397179 marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234217960 "It should be noted that academic discussions of Celie's point of view in The Color Purple are paralleled in interesting ways by a controversy in the popular media over the representation of black men in novel and film." (Selzer).]]> 2018-02-22 14:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234217960 marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234225482 "Celie's letters are a form of prayer in the sense that they are spoken to an inner listener, the only one she has at the beginning of the book, and on whom she comes to rely as she grows up." (MacColl).]]> 2018-02-22 14:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234225482 marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234226120 Alice Walker refrained from using strict, African, religious traditions in the book because of the backlash she would receive using homosexuality as a key element that has Celie reflect on herself and morals. (MacColl).]]> 2018-02-22 14:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234226120 marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234226936 Celie is a realistic character that the audience is eager to learn more about because she is so unique to everyone else. (MacColl).]]> 2018-02-22 14:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234226936 marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234227696 African American heritage would not be displayed well through out the story if Alice Walker implemented a more in depth religious aspect. (MacColl).]]> 2018-02-22 14:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234227696 marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234228432 "By clarifying Celie's characteristic angle of vision, this passage highlights the intensely personal perspective that Walker brings to her tale of sexual oppression--a perspective that accounts in large part for the emotional power of the text." (Selzer).]]> 2018-02-22 14:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234228432 marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234652859 "The Color Purple is central to its political message: It is precisely the African American woman's subjectivity that gives the lie to cultural attempts to reduce her-like Sophia-to the role of the contented worker in a privileged white society." (Selzer).]]> 2018-02-23 12:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234652859 marisa_h19 https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234653082 Alice Walker's characters and story are heavily influenced by her personalized writing style. Walker's unique childhood is portrayed through her stories. (MacColl).]]> 2018-02-23 12:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/marisa_h19/xc12nzclvban/wish/234653082