The Color Purple Alice Walker

The Color Purple Alice Walker

The Color Purple is an epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker in 1982. It received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name. The Color Purple has become the indispensable reading works of Black literature and women's literature in American universities. The novel has been appeared on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books at number seventeen.

The Color Purple is a novel that reflects female black thinking and life, it uses the new angle of view, original in choice of subject and special characteristics of art to approach female black from different angles. The novel shows female black who oppresses by race and gender try to find the way to liberate themselves. And the novel writes about the relationship between sister, homosexuality, writing to show female black recognize themselves in the end, and they are able to be equal to men.

The story is told through a series of diary entries and letters. Celie is a poor, uneducated young woman who, at 14, is abused and impregnated twice by her stepfather- Alphonso. After her children are taken away, she is physically, and mentally abusive. Her stepfather gives her away to be married to Albert, who had originally wanted to marry her sister, Nettie. After Albert tried to seduce Nettie and fails, he forces her to leave, but she promises to write to Celie. As time passes, no such letters appear to arrive, and Celie assumes that her sister is dead. In her writings, Celie refers to her husband as "Mr.__", and it is some time in the book until we find out his name is actually Albert.

"Mr.__" was married previously, but his wife was murdered by a lover. Originally, he seeks a relationship with Nettie, but settles for Celie. He mistreats Celie just as her father did, and he uses Celie to help raise his children. He has a mistress, singer Shug Avery, and she comes to live with the family because of her poor health. Like "Mr.__", at first, Shug has little respect for Celie and the life she lives. When Shug discovers that "Mr.__" beats Celie, she decides to remain in the house for a short while in order to protect her.

After that Celie becomes friends with Shug, who leads to a sexual relationship between the two. Celie learns many things about herself and her body due to Shug. The more she listens to Shug's views and opinions. She becomes more independent. From Shug, Celie learns that "Mr.__"has been hiding letters written to her from Africa by her sister Nettie. These letters tell of Nettie's travels to Africa with a missionary couple, Samuel and Corrine, and their adopted children, Olivia and Adam. Corrine becomes ill and then died, Nettie fills her role and marries her husband. She then learns that Olivia and Adam are Celie's long-lost children, and she is the children's biological aunt.

Celie is now an independent woman, she and "Mr.__" eventually reconcile, he begins to help her with her business, and sewing with her. Meanwhile, Nettie and Samuel are preparing for their return to America. Adam falls in love with and marries an African girl named Tashi, who undergoes the painful rituals of female genital cutting and facial scarring. Adam also goes through the facial scarring ritual in solidarity. Sofia and Harpo remarry, and Sofia also works for Celie. Nettie and Samuel return with the children, and Celie and her sister are happily reunited.

Celie is the main character, who has been oppressed by men her whole life. She is insensitive and has no status and happiness in her life. Her stepfather not only deprives the chance to receive education of her, but also force her to do a lot of housework. However, she regains hope for life after she meets Shug. Shug is a transcendental character. She enters and exits Celie's life, normally making it for the better. She also influences "Mr.__" and he ends up treating Celie better than he ever had. Sofia is the wife of Harpo, who is a strong and feisty character and cannot be controlled by men. She is an independent woman who take pride for what she does. Miss Millie represent the typical hypocrite in the story. She is the woman by whom Sofia is forced into slavery as punishment for hitting the mayor. She considers herself very liberal, tolerant and humanitarian, because she does things like organize fundraisers for black children, but she reveals her own behaviour to be deceptive and phony. She isn't progressive, she is still a bigot.

There are many symbols in the story. The title of the book is a very important

symbol. I think the title has two meanings. First, it is the site of sexual violation, because Sofia's swollen, beaten face is described as the color of "eggplant." Second, it stands for the beauty and the hope of life. When Shug talks with Celie, she points that the color purple is traditionally a color of royalty and purple seems rare in nature. When they are in a field of purple flowers, Shug tells Celie that life must be enjoyed and to look at the flowers and embrace their beauty. She says," You must look at all the good and acknowledge them because God placed them all on earth." After learning this, Celie has a better respect for life.

The letter is another symbol in the story. Celie writers to God and later to her sister Nettie, these letters symbolize the certain voice of Celie. She is able to express her true desires and display any emotion in her letters. In the letter, she asks God the question "why," this question cannot be answered. However, in her last letter, she writes to everyone, including God. This is to show that she has forgiven him.

Celie writes to God because she has no other way to express her feelings. God is also a symbol. But later she tells Shug that she sees God is white and a male, she will stop writing to God because he does not listen. Shug tells her God has no race or gender. This enables Celie to see God in a different way.

In history, women were supposed to wear dresses while men wore the pants, after Celie takes her freedom from "Mr.__" she begins to make pants, which represent liberation from the common view of women as just homemakers. Celie made pants for women, so they were able to be equal to men in this regard.

The colors in the story are also important symbols. The colors of Celie's clothes are brown, maroon, or navy blue. They show that she loses hope. However, they are some bright colors in the story. Shug twice wears seductive bright-red dresses, and she gives Celie yellow fabric for her quilt. These bright colors are full of energy.

The Color Purple is an epistolary novel and using two different kinds of language. In Celie's letters, no matter black or white, they all have a spoken language of South America's black. On the contrary, in Nettie's letters, they all speck American standard language. This language art shows that black and white have been equal in status. Why they have different language? Because Nettie has chance to receive education

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Women in this novel do not accept the conventional society has imposed on the role of the individual, regardless of the identity of that came from their life or any male authority. They try to explore their own self-definition. The novel of black women lives in the bottom of society, who search for self-identity process all the more difficult and tortuous.

The color purple stands for the beauty of the fields and flowers surrounding these poor people. There really is something to live for, but love triumphs over all. This novel makes me to think about the status of women in the society, especially in China. Women inferior to men long time ago in many aspects, such as law, politics, economy and so on. In their eyes, men are God and master. They have to suffer the religious persecution and oppress by men. They are deprived the right to have education and have to do housework. But now, they have equality between the sexes and racial. Like the end of the novel, these women are no longer powerless. They have joined forces and are forging their own lives. The same as us ,we have right and power to do something different.

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Class：英语09-1 Name：包红梅Number：200920801033 The summary of everyday use by Alice walker Everyday use for grandmama is an essay by Alice Walker, Who was born in America, 1944. Alice Walker, an American author and poet, most of whose writing portrays the lives of poor, oppressed African American women in early 1900s.the Color Purple which won the Pulitzer Prize of fiction and The American Book Award. She was also active in the moments for civil war and women’s rights. The short story everyday use, from the collection In Love and Trouble was published in 1973.Alice Walker conceptually expresses her wariness of the Black Power Movement. During the mid-1960’, young black African Americans proclaimed they would shake off their current lifestyle and began to celebrate African culture by exotic names and ethnic appeal. In this story Walker’s attitude is that for the culture heritage, they should not reflect it on purpose, instead it should be treated as a kind of lifestyle. It is a narrative fiction story, about the different attitudes of three black women in a family to Africa-American heritage. The mother, Mrs. Johnson, who is a less educated worker but intelligent and upright, works in a church and raises money to support one of her two daughters, Dee, to school. Dee is a beautiful, smart, brave but selfish, bad temper and arrogant girl. On contrast, her little sister, Maggie, is a homely girl who had scars on her face. Totally different from Dee, Maggie is a timid, shy, inferior but easy-going, kind and generous girl. Mrs. Johnson is proud of Dee and also she loves Maggie. The story begins in a day when Dee visits her mother’s house and Mrs. Johnson and Maggie waiting for her. They find Dee has changed a lot than before, for she changes her name to a long African name which is very different to pronounce so does her dress. to their surprise she also changes her attitude toward ,everything she used to hate very much. She asks for many things from her mother which she regards as the symbolic of the African culture. But later she focuses on two pairs of old quilts made by their grandmamma which Maggie also wants to have. Dee wants to hang them up, but Maggie thinks it can remind her of her grandmamma. After a long time discussion, their mother gives the quilts to Maggie. The story ends happily with Mrs. Johnson and M aggie still enjoying their simple but happy life. But Dee goes away disappointly. From the story, we can see the author’s deep respect of their culture, and her attitude towards their culture is that the cultural relic heritage should be regarded as a kind of lifestyle not a study. The story is well-knit, and make readers imaginable .The plot and the end are favorable just as you wish to have. Though the story is very long, you will not feel bored, for the funny and plain words used. By reading her story, readers can feel excited and have a sense of happiness, since they can realize their dream through their continuous struggle.

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释迦塔 释迦塔全称佛宫寺释迦塔位于山西省朔州市应县城西北佛宫寺内，俗称应县木塔。建于辽清宁二年（宋至和三年公元1056年），金明昌六年（南宋庆元一年公元1195年）增修完毕，是中国现存最高最古的一座木构塔式建筑，全国重点文物保护单位，国家AAAA级景区。与意大利比萨斜塔、巴黎埃菲尔铁塔并称“世界三大奇塔”。 建筑布局 释迦塔位于寺南北中轴线上的山门与大殿之间，属于“前塔后殿”的布局。塔建造在四米高的台基上，塔高67.31米，底层直径30.27米，呈平面八角形。 第一层立面重檐，以上各层均为单檐，共五层六檐，各层间夹设有暗层，实为九层。因底层为重檐并有回廊，故塔的外观为六层屋檐。各层均用内、外两圈木柱支撑，每层外有24根柱子，内有八根，木柱之间使用了许多斜撑、梁、枋和短柱，组成不同方向的复梁式木架。整个木塔共用红松木料3000立方，约2600多吨重。 该塔身底层南北各开一门，二层以上周设平座栏杆，每层装有木质楼梯，游人逐级攀登，可达顶端。二至五层每层有四门，均设木隔扇。塔内各层均塑佛像。一层为释迦牟尼，高11米。内槽墙壁上画有六幅如来佛像，门洞两侧壁上也绘有金刚、天王、弟子等。二层坛座方形，上塑一佛二菩萨和二胁侍。 塔顶作八角攒尖式，上立铁刹。塔每层檐下装有风铃。 释迦塔的设计，大胆继承了汉、唐以来富有民族特点的重楼形式，充分利用传统建筑技巧，广泛采用斗拱结构，全塔共用斗拱54种，每个斗拱都有一定的组合形式，有的将梁、坊、柱结成一个整体，每层都形成了一个八边形中空结构层。 塔内文物佛牙舍利 塔内供奉着两颗佛牙舍利，盛装在两座七宝供奉的银廓里，经考证确认为是释迦牟尼灵牙遗骨。佛灭度后，共留下七颗佛牙舍利。应县佛宫寺释迦塔发现的两颗佛牙舍利，是南本《大般涅槃经》中记载的捷疾罗刹所隐身盗取的一双佛牙。 莲花台下八力士 木塔底层大门对面有一尊高大的如来像，坐在一个巨大的莲花台上。这个莲花台被八个力士扛着，个个力举千钧，形象生动逼真。这八个力士本是驻守八个方向的护法天神，乘如来古佛外出讲经说法之机，汇聚一处，私下凡尘。他们八个下了凡间，排山倒海。本来天下三山五岳、五湖四海排列得整整齐齐，像棋子一样，所以有“星罗棋布”一说。 历史发展 释迦塔于辽清宁二年（1056年）建成，由辽兴宗的萧皇后倡建，田和尚奉敕募建，至金明昌四年，增修益完。以作家庙，彰显家威，并有礼佛观光和登高料敌之用。

(完整版)土木工程发展史

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alice Malsenior Walker(born February 9, 1944) is an American author and activist. She wrote the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple(1982) for which she won the National Book Awardand the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. 爱丽丝沃克 英文摘录自维基百科，自由的百科全书，罗金佑翻译 爱丽丝.马尔瑟尼奥.沃克（Alice Malsenior Walker出生于1944年2月9日）是一位美国作家和活动家。她写的广受好评的小说《紫色》（1982）为她赢得了国家图书奖和普利策小说奖。 Early life Walker was born in Putnam County, Georgia,the youngest of eight children, to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant. Her father, who was, in her words, "wonderful at math but a terrible farmer," earned only $300 ($4,000 in 2013 dollars) a year from sharecroppingand dairy farming. Her mother supplemented the family income by working as a maid. She worked 11 hours a day for $17 per week to help pay for Alice to attend college. 早期的生活 沃克是出生在乔治亚州普特南县，是威利.里.沃克和米妮.楼.塔露拉.格兰特的八个孩子中最小的一位。她的父亲，用她的话说，是“在数学上令人惊叹却还是一个很厉害的农民，”每年从事谷租佃农和奶牛养殖中只能赚到300美元（在2013年为4000美元）。她的母亲给人当女仆来补充家庭收入。她每天工作11小时，每周挣17美元来帮助支付爱丽丝上大学的学费。 Living under Jim Crow laws, Walker's parents resisted landlords who expected the children of black sharecroppers to work the fields at a young age. A white plantation owner said to her that black people had "no need for education". Minnie Lou Walker, according to her daughter, replied "You might have some black children somewhere, but they don't live in this house. Don't you ever come around here again talking about how my children don't need to learn how to read and write." Her mother enrolled Alice in first grade when the girl was four years old. 生活在对黑人种族歧视的法律下，沃克的父母反对地主让佃农的孩子们在尚年轻时就去田间干活。一个白人种植园主对她说，黑人“不需要接受教育”。据她的女儿说，米妮.楼.塔露拉.格兰特当时回答说：“你可能会有一些黑人孩子在某处，但是他们不住在这所房子里。你不要再到这里来谈论什么我的孩子不需要学习如何读和写了。”当爱丽丝四岁的时候她母亲送她进入一年级学习。 Growing up with an oral tradition, listening to stories from her grandfather (who was the model for the character of Mr. In The Color Purple), Walker began writing, very privately, when she was eight years old. "With my family, I had to hide things," she said. "And I had to keep a lot in my mind." 听着口头传说，听着她祖父讲的故事（她祖父是《紫色》里的人物先生的原型）渐渐长大，沃克便开始写作，非常私人的，当时她才八岁的。“涉及到我的家庭，我不得不把许多事情隐藏起来，”她说。“我已经把很多事情记在脑海里了。” In 1952, Walker was accidentally wounded in the right eye by a shot from a BB gunfired by one of her brothers.[9]In 2013, on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs, she said the act was actually deliberate but she agreed to protect her brother against their parents' anger if they knew the truth. Because the family had no car, the Walkers could not take their daughter to a hospital for immediate treatment. By the time they reached a doctor a week later, she had become permanently blind in that eye. When a layer of scar tissue formed over her wounded eye, Alice

紫色简介 人物分析

艾丽斯沃克 The Color Purple is an acclaimed 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker. It received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, the story focuses on female black life during the 1930s in the Southern United States, addressing the numerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American social culture. The novel has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2000-2009 at number seventeen because of the sometimes explicit content, particularly in terms of violence.[1] Celie Celie is the main character, who has been oppressed by men her whole life. As an adolescent she is raped by her stepfather and soon thereafter gives birth. Her children are taken away. Her stepfather gives her away to be married to Albert. She becomes friends with Shug, which leads to a sexual relationship between the two. Celie learns many things about herself and her body due to Shug. She models herself after Shug and becomes more independent the more she listens to Shug's views and opinions. Shug influences not only the way that Celie allows Albert to treat her, but also her religious views. In showing Celie that it is all right to commit sin but still believe in and live for God, she broadens Celie's view on religion. It is also Shug who frees Celie from Albert's bondage, first by loving her, then by helping her to start a custom sewing business. From Shug, Celie learns that Albert has been hiding letters written to her from Africa by her sister Nettie, a missionary. These letters, full of educated, firsthand observation of African life, form a moving counterpoint to Celie's life. They reveal that in Africa, just as in America, women are persistently oppressed by men.[6] Shug Avery Shug is a very extroverted and transcendental character. She is Albert's mistress, the one who always got away. When she comes back to visit Albert, she shakes up not only his feelings, but also those of Celie. Celie harbors an admiration for Shug and the life that she has lived. Shug enters and exits Celie's life, normally making it for the better. She influences Albert to the point that he ends up treating Celie better than he ever had. Eventually, Shug herself develops a physical relationship with Celie. By showing Celie the wonders of life and her body, she helps Celie develop herself emotionally and spiritually. Shug also helps Celie discover the long lost letters that her sister Nettie had written to her. In allowing Celie to view these letters, Shug is supplying her with even more hope and inspiration, letting Celie see that in the end, everything works out for the best. Sofia Sofia is the wife of Harpo, the son of Mr. Johnson. She loves Harpo well, but she insists "she killem dead before he hits her." She is a strong, independent, and feisty character who takes pride in what she does, and cannot be controlled by men, no matter who they are. She is humbled -and perhaps even broken- when she is beaten by white people for hitting the mayor, and then forced to work for his wife.

英文的应县木塔的简介

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