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The Color Purple

The Color Purple. HCOM 324 Ivan Zamora Maria Orozco. Authors biography. Alice Walker (1944) African-American Novelist and Essay writer (fiction) “The Color Purple” (most famous book) First African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. “Over Coming Speechless”. The color purple.

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The Color Purple

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  1. The Color Purple HCOM 324 Ivan Zamora Maria Orozco

  2. Authors biography • Alice Walker (1944) • African-American • Novelist and Essay writer (fiction) • “The Color Purple” (most famous book) • First African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. • “Over Coming Speechless”

  3. The color purple • Novel (fiction) • Divided into 90 letters directed to God. • Characters • Celie • Nettie • Alphonso • Mr. ____ • Shug Avery • Harpe • Shopia • Sqeak

  4. Themes: • Violence • Denigration • Lack of courage • Abuse of power • Gender roles • Slavery (home, white, fear) • Sexuality • Female relationships • Color

  5. Meaning of purple

  6. violation of innocence

  7. Denigration of women

  8. Lack of courage

  9. Abuse of power

  10. Gender roles

  11. sexuality

  12. color

  13. Female relationships

  14. What other types of slavery exists other than being own as a property? • What is role of women in society? • What is Walker’s message to society? • Piecing the patchwork self: a reading of Walker’s the color purple.

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