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A 5 page paper which examines how black women overcome oppression and rise above the standards established by society in the novel, specifically considering Celie’s relationship with Shug, and how she and her female contemporaries are ultimately stronger and fare better than their deceitful and domineering male counterparts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG15_TGcpcelie.rtf
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how a shared history connects the novels female characters and the community of African-American women as a whole (Barker 58). Walkers female characters are able to impressively overcome gender
oppression and rise above the socioeconomic standards that sought to enslave them. Celie, the novels primary protagonist, has been victimized by men for most of her life. Her
mother was similarly abused by Alphonso ("Fonso"), known to Celie as "Pa," the man she learned only later was her stepfather and not biological father and whose sexual assaults resulted
in two children of rape. However, Celies mother would be a distant figure in her life, for she would "chose death over a life of continued misery and disappointment"
(Barker 56). Because Celie never knew anything but oppression and domination, she would need the companionship of strong women who could serve as both friends and role models.
Celies letters form the narrative structure for The Color Purple, and illustrate the "unifying bond between black women" that imbued them with the strength and determination to rise above the
adversity that threatened to subdue them and to not only survive but also to succeed in ways their male oppressors never would. Ultimately, "It is through their friendships, their
love, their shared oppression... that they collectively gain the strength to separate themselves from the bondage of their past and piece together a free and equal existence for themselves and
for those they love" (Barker 55). As a result of her repeated abuse, Celie was incapable of telling the difference between love and pain. She had no sense of
self, and initially envisioned herself only as a sex toy for men, first "Pa" and later her husband Albert, whom she would refer to as Mr. __________ in a way
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