The Color Purple Essay One of the most widely known and false stereotypes is that women belong in the kitchen, and men are suppose to make the money. In The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, there are some main characters that prove this stereotype wrong. ... I believe this book is about overcoming male dominance, and gaining respect for one's self. ... "I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it. " I believe a woman being inferior to a man is our society's color purple. ...

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Abstract The research question of my extended essay is "How patriarchal and colonial oppression is expressed in Alice Walker's "The Color Purple?" ... Written in the backdrop of the 20th century American patriarchal society is the epistolary novel 'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker. Alice Walker likes to call herself a 'womanist'3 writer, which as described by her is a 'feminist of color or a black feminist'. ... The term 'womanist' was coined and was first used by the poet and author Alice Walker. ... Alice Walker's The Color Purple ...

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The women in The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, are abused, mistreated and battered by the men in their lives. ... In the novel The Color Purple, Walker portrays female companionship as a way for women to defy the cruelty and control of their men. ... Smith comments in her critical essay, "The Ecospirituality of Alice Walker", that Pa uses insults and rape as a way to further control Celie, causing low self-esteem, resulting in a her lack of effort to stand up for herself. ... He never ast me nothing about myself. ... Mr._____ say, cause she my wife" (Walker 23). ...

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Dubois 1903 publication of The Souls of Black Folk tried to give America the answer to the problem as well as highlight the problem itself, the color line. ... Dunbar's poems were mostly about the traditional topics in poetry as well as African American heroes during that time. ... Toomer's last book published after his death is a collection on essays, poems, stories and a novelette in The Wayward and the Seeking in 1980. ... Most of Hurston's stories were about her experiences as a young Black girl living in a small town, but she also wrote about racial inequalities and wome...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate