Cultural diversity-The Color Purple

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Cultural Diversity- The Color Purple

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Cultural Diversity- The Color Purple

One cultural issues that is still visibly rampant nowadays is when a woman suffers at the hands of a man . Many female readers identify with Celie 's story in the novel , The Color Purple by Alice Walker . Celie 's situation is one clear example of acculturation and alienation from the people around her

The story is full of delights and surprises . Sometimes , the surprises are bittersweet

. Celie , tells her story in a series of letters to God this practice may have started after her father , actually , stepfather raped his stepdaughter for the first of many times and told her afterward , You 'd better never tell nobody but God . It 'd

kill your mammy (Walker ,

.1 . From here one can easily conclude that she is suffering from both isolation and depression since she he is not given the freedom to fight for justice and give proper jury to the offender (Atkinson et .al , 2004 ,

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Another issue in the story is Celie 's relationship with her sister Nettie . They truly love each other in that special way that sisters share , especially sisters who have gone through adversity together Their bond was forged early in life , as Celie notes in one of her letters to God , when writing about the sisters ' abusive stepfather "I keep hopin he find someone to marry . I see him lookin at my little sister . She scared . But I say I 'll take care of you . With God help (Walker , 1990 ,

. 4 . Celie and Nettie 's relationship suffers , after that , through many years of missed or miscommunications because of Celie 's marriage to the cruel Mr .__ and his eventual determination to keep Nettie 's correspondence to Celie is hidden because of personal vengeance toward Nettie for spurning his unwanted advances . One night after Celie and Shug finally acknowledge their love for each other while they are in bed , Shug comes up with the missing puzzle piece concerning Celie 's sister 's absent letters : She wouldn 't be someplace with funny stamps , you don 't reckon ? She look like she studying . Say Sometimes when Albert and me walk up to the mailbox there be a letter with a lot of funny looking stamps . He never say nothing bout it , just put it in his inside pocket (Walker , 1990 ,

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Needless to say , Celie and Shug search until they find the missing letters . But a very important part of Shug 's feelings are revealed that night while she and Celie are discussing Nettie . It begins innocently enough , but Shug 's response to Celie 's question pretty much brings things into focus in Shug and Celie 's lives : She tall or short , Shug ast . What kind of dress she like to wear ? What her birthday ? What her favorite color ? Can she cook ? Sew ? What about hair ? Everything bout Nettie she want , I talk so much...