In a final attempt to push Delia out of the house, Sykes brings a live snake into their home. ... Zora Neale Hurston is able to utilize her experience as an African American woman in the early twentieth century to paint the picture of a society in which people were discriminated against based on their gender, or the color of their skin. ...
Interpreting God in The Color Purple Historically, in Christian religions God and Jesus have been represented as white men. The main reason for this are white missionaries spread their religion to the other ethnic groups. Slaves learned about Christianity from their white masters. White men wer...