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The Color Purple
- 1. The Color Purple By: Alice Walker
- 2. Biography Born in Eatonton Georgia, on February the 9th, 1944. 7brothers and sisters Got shot in the eye. Went to Spelman College Then went to Sarah Lawrence College 1964 was the turning point. 1982 wrote The Color Purple
- 3. Plot Celie is a poor and uneducated young black woman in 1930s Georgia who, aged only fourteen, is raped and impregnated twice by her father, Alfonso. Her children both disappear; Celie assumes her father has murdered them. Celie’s “Pa” marries her off to Mr.___ Married life is also quite painful for Celie. Things improve for Celie for a short while. Nettie escapes and goes to the Reverends house, whom has Celie's kids. Rev., (Samuel) wife Corrine, Nettie and kids go to Africa for Mission Trip Mr._’s lover, Shug Avery gets Ill. Harpo (Mr._ son) converts his house into a juke joint. Nettie tells the Samuel and Corrine, that she is the kids biological aunt. Corrine doesn't believe her. Celie and Nettie later reunite, Celie later figures out that Mr._ hid all the letters from Nettie. Shug and Celie announce that they will be moving to Tennessee. Celie makes her hobby into a business Celie goes back for a visit, and a lot has changed Samuel and Nettie marry reconcile Never felt younger.
- 4. Who? Why? Throughout the years, this book has been censored and banned for violence, sexual content, and racism, even though it has been applauded by some as a beautiful, meaningful story. AP English classes at Northwest High School in High Point, N.C. (1996) because it is “graphic and violent.” challenged because of its violence on the Round Rock Texas Independent High School Reading list the same year, 1996. Oakland, California honors class of 1984, for: “Troubling ideas about… human sexuality.” challenged in 1995, in Junction City, because of “negative image of black men,” challenged in Oakland California for “troubling ideas about race relations.”, as well as sexual content In 1960, a teacher in Tulsa, Ok.
- 5. Who? Why? (extended) In 1963, a delegation of parents of high school students in Columbus, Ohio, asked the school board to ban the novel for being "anti-white" and "obscene. Selinsgrove, Pa. 1975 Removed from the Jackson Milton school libraries in North Jackson, Ohio (1980 Removed from two Anniston, Ala. high school libraries (1982) Challenged at the Libby, Mont. High School (1983)
- 6. My Reaction… I don’t know why ANYONE would completely ban this book! Yes it is VERY detailed, but that’s to put a picture in your head. But if it didn’t, it wouldn’t be as good as it it.
- 7. Awards won Her most impressive achievement was when she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. She also won the American Book The Color Purple, along many other awards. Well, out of the 33 books she’s wrote, I surprisingly couldn’t find any others that have been banned. But The Color Purple has won 2 VERY good awards…
- 8. Bibliography Great thanks to: Homepage.ntlworld.com Quanda.encyclopedia.com Aalbc.com Ala.org Sparknotes.com Gradesaver.com Enotes.com Meexia.com