The Color Purple by Alice Walker REVIEW
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- You thought I'd write that thumbnail picture in purple, didn't you? I'm so creative.
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I read The Color Purple many years ago when it was first released. It was a bit difficult for me to get into at first; however, once I got past the first few chapters, it really took off, and I found it to be a very good book; definitely a worthwhile read.
Read the color purple a long time ago and loved it. I should probably read it again. I'm sure I'll have a different perspective now. Thanks Book chemist
Very astute analysis of one of my favourite books in only 11 minutes. I love that!
I read this my junior year of high school in 2015, it was a really great experience. Read the second half of it over the course of a day while I was travelling because I was so hooked!
Same here about that second half :)
thank you for this in depth appreciation of "the color purple"...
Could you do a bookshelf tour?
I want to see that
I've been wanting a bookshelf tour from him for so long it's not even funny.
My books are spread over (I think?) four locations around Europe, and the ones I got here are mostly those I reviewed recently (or will review shortly), while the ones back at home are displayed on the shelves with no discernible order or piled up in wardrobes or around my room, which sounds cool but in truth too many of them are shamefully unread... it would be a mess of a video!
I feel that. My shelves are the same way.
Thanks for the great review. It is a very good novel with an interesting plot and well developed, unforgettable characters. There are many issues in this book including love, marriage, family, relationships, slavery, racism, feminism, education, violence, religious belief and colonialism. So much happened in the lives of the two sisters Celie and Nettie. Set in the 1920s and 1930s, in the Deep South (USA) and Africa. Agreed, a must read. I am not sure how widely read this book is in Australia. It wouldn't be a school/university 'read'. However Australians would be familiar with the movie, The Color Purple (1985), an American coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg.
I read this a couple of years ago and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it! :) I think it might almost be time for me to give it a re-read!
Great review thanks!
Thanks again for more dark 20th Century stuff. This shit has me coming back lately.
I read this when it first came out and was struck with the epistolary style...a throw back to 18c style? I should reread it and see if I can find that connection again.
Hello @The_Bookchemist thank you so much for this wonderful review.
I'm a university student, and my B.A Degree is about The Color Purple novel.
Please i need some information about it.
Can you help me please?
thank in advance
As an American, no, I didn't read this in high school. As you might have guessed, the US is still quite segregated, and I'm wondering if it's required reading in black high schools? Regardless, it's a beautiful book and it's even a movie that was quite popular in the US, starring Oprah. Have you read any Toni Morrison? "Beloved" will tear you apart.
I did read Beloved several years ago - it's hight time for a rereading, and to explore her works further!
You might not have read it but segregation had nothing to do with it. America is not in fact segregated. I graduated high school from a southern community of about 50-60 present white, 30 percent Hispanic 5-10 percent black with native American and Asian filling in the percentile gaps.
The salutitorian at my high school was black. He's a brilliant young working on his masters right now.
I teach there now and work with students of all races and they are neither treated nor placed differently based on their race by anyone in the district.
Moreover, my wife goes to a college that 60-70 percent black, with all other races filling in the gaps. It has fine facilities with good programs and grounds.
If America were segregated as you say, wouldn't that "black" college have worse facilities? Or wouldn't that "white" highschool treat students of color worse?
Especially in the south?
That was awesome!
I recognize its importance, but as a literary work, it is very little for me.
Too many plot holes.
Celie quite clearly could've left Mr. anytime he came home drunk and passed out.
? Where does she have to go to? She doesn't own much except for some worn-down shaggy clothes, she is bound captive to Mr. __ because she has no where to run to, and no other man will accept her because she is married and they don't want trouble with Mr. __