The Color Purple

The Color Purple

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy2GKyD2IoQ 
• Questions:
• How many of you want to know what is going on?
• Who wants to know what happens to Sofia?
• How is this acceptable? Why? 

Background Info

• Written in 1982, Alice Walker 
• Set in Georgia (rural)
• Focus on race, women, sexism,
• god, family, and abuse 
• Written in a series of letters

Main Characters

• Celie and Nettie
• Albert and his family
• Shug Avery
• Sofia and Mary Agnes

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”

Plot

• Escapes from abusive father
• Separated from sister and children
• Marries Mr.....
• Raises Mr....s children
• Meets Shug Avery

“Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to get attention we do, except walk?”

Themes

• Racism: lower class, not equal
• Sexism: gender roles, uneducated
• Strong Females: overcoming abuse

“I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here.”

Symbols

• Color: revelations and rebirths
• God: growth from object-woman
• Quilts: power, social bonds

“The more I wonder, the more I love.”

What I Thought

• Powerful and Inspirational
• Gender Roles, Hope, Faith
• Strength, Forgiveness, Power, love
• The South and African Americans

Critiques

• Slow in the beginning
• Graphic, intense,and violent
• Grammar  
• For mature readers! 
• Banned Book

Untitled Slide

Read more to find out...
What happens to Celie, her marriage, Shug, and to find out if Celie and Nettie are reunited!

love, pain, hope, strength, mystery, and courage

Film Trailer and Clips

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzGrDgu08r8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy2GKyD2IoQ 

Thanks for your attention!