The Characters of The Color Purple In The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, Celie, Nettie, and Mr.______ are developed gradually throughout the novel and their actions all seem to be intertwined and what happens to one of them effects one if not both of the other two. There is a strong relationship between Celie and Nettie not just because they are siblings but because Nettie is one out of two people Celie loves, and ... bond between Nettie and Celie is one of love, and they demonstrate this by constantly trying to stay in touch even though they don't know if the other is receiving the letters. ...

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... hope, their dreams might come to pass. Sometime hope is all you have. This is evident in the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker. The main character, Celie, despite all of the hardships she faced, clung on to hope and little by little, they came to pass. She had all odds against her; an abusive stepfather, lost children, ... Through her letters to God, Celie, it was evident that Celie still had a hope that her dreams will be fulfilled. Celie was abused by her stepfather at the tender age of fourteen. She bore two children that he sold. Celie know he sold them although she told her mo...

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... 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...

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• Grade Level: High School