THE COLOR PURPLE Alice Walker wrote this novel from her own personal experience, growing up in the rural South as an uneducated and abused child. The goal of this book is to inspire and motivate black women to stand up for their rights. Celie, the main character, goes through an inner transformation, from being an abused wife to a confident and independent black woman and businesswoman. Another ... major theme in Walker's novel is the power of strong female relationships. The main thesis of the novel is black women's rights. Her novel is based on how the black women are discriminated against ...

• Word Count: 441
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "The Color Purple," by , the main character Celie, is raised in a home where there has been a cycle of abuse for many generations. At a young age Celie's mother dies and she is then raped and constantly abused by her father. She is then forced into a marriage by her father to Mr.__. Once Celie moves in with her husband and children she then is beaten ... repeatedly by her new ... something out of himself"" (Walker, 230), in this excerpt Celie is trying to explain to Nettie that Mr._ is a changed man and that maybe there is some good deep within...

• Word Count: 716
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Unexpected Ways Three novels that stand out because of their main character's contributions to others are "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey, and "Sula" by Toni Morrison. The main characters Celie, R.P. McMurphy, and Sula, each contribute something different to important people in their lives in the novels which they appear. Although they play very different roles, Celie, McMurphy, and Sula are viewed ... , cherished their men more, soothed the pride and vanity Sula had bruised" (Morrison 115). By seeing the way Sula treats men, the women b...

• Word Count: 738
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School