I am reading the Color Purple by Alice Walker for this semester. I love the movie! I have always wanted to read the book but haven't gotten around to it tell now. So I am at the very beginning of the story and it is so hard to read but not because it is boring but because of what is happening! There is this young girl name Celie. She is a 14 year old African American girl she is the oldest of her 5 siblings. They are a very poor and uneducated family. Her mother has become ill after giving birth to her last child and no longer wants to sleep with the father. So when the mother is away at family house Celie is rapped by her father non-stop telling her that she is going to do what her mama wouldn't . She is now pregnant with her second child from her father. The first one (a girl) was taken and the father told her that he killed the baby in the woods. I am now reading about her giving birth to her 2nd child ( a girl) and the father taking this baby to. Walker writes this so well you could almost feel everything young Celie is feeling and it is so heart breaking! This has been made into a movie as I have said before and a musical as well.
Friday, April 13, 2012
I am reading the Color Purple by Alice Walker for this semester. I love the movie! I have always wanted to read the book but haven't gotten around to it tell now. So I am at the very beginning of the story and it is so hard to read but not because it is boring but because of what is happening! There is this young girl name Celie. She is a 14 year old African American girl she is the oldest of her 5 siblings. They are a very poor and uneducated family. Her mother has become ill after giving birth to her last child and no longer wants to sleep with the father. So when the mother is away at family house Celie is rapped by her father non-stop telling her that she is going to do what her mama wouldn't . She is now pregnant with her second child from her father. The first one (a girl) was taken and the father told her that he killed the baby in the woods. I am now reading about her giving birth to her 2nd child ( a girl) and the father taking this baby to. Walker writes this so well you could almost feel everything young Celie is feeling and it is so heart breaking! This has been made into a movie as I have said before and a musical as well.
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I have always wanted to read this book and see the movie! it looks so good and i'm jealous that your reading it. its so sad to hear about the whole thing that she encounters with her own father. i feel bad for her.
ReplyDeleteMen who don't respect women are no kind of man. They are just cowards in disguise. Its sounds very good. I might read it sometime if I get the chance. ^.^
ReplyDeleteWow. I wanted to see the movie and read the book for a long time. That sounds terrible. So, is the before/durring/after the civil war?
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this book. Alice Walker is a beautiful writer. I love her poetry, also. Celie is one of those great characters of literature; watching her evolve through this novel is very moving, I think. Great choice!
ReplyDeleteI have never read this book, but from what you gave me it sounds depressing. However sometimes the most depressing books are the best. I think I will try reading this when I get to it.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me sad. Some "parents" have no regard for their childrens lives or anything. This seems almost sociopathic..
ReplyDeleteI really like this book so far I just wish I had more time to read! between work and school i haven't had much time to do anything
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