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The Color Purple SG
Ms. Pounds' Review for test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is Celie? | she's the main character; writes epistols to God, some of the book is from her point of view. |
| Who is Nettie? | Celie's sister, the pretty, smart family member |
| Who is Mr.? | Celie's husband; real name is Albert. |
| Why does Celie call Albert Mr.? | 1.He's a generalization of all men and they're all the same to Celie2.The author shows that Celie has some power of him by letting her strip him of his identity. |
| Who is Shug Avery? | Real name Sugar, a blues nightclub singer; Mr's mistress; embodies female sexuality |
| Who is Grady? | Shug's husband; has a "thing" for Squeak; pothead |
| Who is Harpo? | Mr.'s oldest son; has a dif mother (Annie Julia); marries Sofia; wants pwr over women |
| Who is Sofia? | A strong-willed woman who will fight for pwr; Harpo's wife. |
| Who is Squeak? | Harpo's lover, real name Mary Agnes |
| Who is Alphonso/Phonso? | Celie and Nettie's stepdad |
| Who is Samuel? | A minister who becomes an African missionary; married to Corrine, unknowingly houses Celie's kids (to her father); eventually marries Nettie |
| Who is Corrine? | Samuel's wife; very intuitiv; spends a lot of time in Africa worrying about Samuel cheating on her w/ Nettie, doesn't trust Nettie; dies in Africa |
| Who are Olivia and Adam? | Samuel and Corrine's children, young when they move to Africa; in reality are Celie's children to her father |
| Who is Tashi? | African girl who befriends Olivia and later marries Adam |
| Who is Miss Millie? | The first white character, the mayor's wife |
| Who is Eleanor Jane? | Miss Millie&the mayor's daughter; doesn't understand racism b/c grows up in different generation than her parents |
| Who are Kate and Carrie? | Mr.'s sisters |
| Who is Henrietta? | Sofia's sixth child; has bad health (blood clots and is tempermental); Harpo's fav child, so he's sad when he discover's she's the prizefighter's child |
| Who wrote The Color Purple? | Alice Walker |
| Where&when was the author born? | Rural Georgia in 1944 |
| What were Alice's parents' profession? | Sharecroppers |
| What happened to Alice when she was 8? How did this affect her life? | Her brother shot her in the eye w/ a gun, went blind in one eye. She became isolated but went to colllege on a handicap scholarship |
| What two movements was Walker involved in? | Womens' Rights Movement (Feminism) and Civil Rights Movement (racism) |
| What two awards did The Color Purple receive? | Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award |
| What style is The CP written in? | Epistolary Style (epistol-letter written to someone, usu religious) |
| Why does Alphonso rape Celie? | Celie's mother is unable to meet his sexual needs |
| Why does Celie write her letters to God? | If her mom found out about her father raping her, she'd die. And Alphonso says not to tell anyone but God. |
| Why does Celie show no anger about her situation? | She's not educated enough to know a sense of injustice, so she just suffers through the abuse and doesn't say anything |
| What does Celie think has happened to her children? | She thinks Alphonso sold them or killed them |
| Why does Celie's mother die cursing her? | She thinks Celie is sleeping around |
| What types of things do men in the novel seem to value in a wife? | Their ability to cook, clean, work hard, fulfill sexual desire. DO NOT like their ability to have children |
| What is Celie's purpose for writing this book/letters? | To find the meaning and purpose in her life |
| Why do we not know Albert's name at first? | She does not think that he is important enough to deserve a name and he represents all men that abuse and scare Celie |
| Why can Celie no longer have children? | She has internal damage from being raped |
| Why does Albert kick Nettie out of his house? | He was harassing her and she stood up for herself (men don't like independent women) |
| Celie claims that she does not know how to fight, she simply knows how to survive. Why doesn't Celie fight? | She's afraid Albert will kill her if she rebels |
| What does Nettie mean when she tells Celie that seeing her w/ Albert is like seeing her buried? | Mr. is burying her voice and identity |
| Why does Celie assume that Nettie is dead? | Celie never receives a letter from her, and Nettie said when they were parting that nothing but death can keep her from writing |
| What do the colors red and purple symbolize? | Red- passion, happiness, liveliness; purple- royalty, pwr |
| When Celie tries to thank Kate for the new dress, she cannot find the words to do so. Why can't Celie thank Kate? | She's never had an opportunity to say thank you and she's too uneducated to find the words for her emotions |
| What survival tactic does Celie use during abusive situations? | Act like a tree |
| What does Celie mean when she says that she understands why trees are afraid of men? | Trees are afraid to be cut down by men but don't have a voice to protest |
| What does Harpo do to ensure that he can marry Sofia? | Impregnates her |
| Harpo and Sofia march up the road hand in hand. What does this say about their relationship? | That they must fight for their love and sofia is in charge |
| Why does Harpo beat Sofia? | His culture tells him to |
| how are shug and sofia alike? | They refuse to marry weak men, are strong, don't care what ppl think of them |
| Why does Celie tell Harpo to beat Sofia? | She's jealous that Sofia can stand up for herself. Also, Celie knows no other way of life than abuse |
| How is harpo a parallel to his father? | abusive to women, can't stand up to their own fathers,suffer verbal abuse |
| Why is Shug initially rude to Celie? | Jealous that celie married albert and she didn't |
| What attracts Celie to Shug? | Beauty, happiness, independence. Shug treated Celie as a person (Albert treated her as his slave) |
| What are some scenarios that demonstrate male dominance in the novel? | abuse; albert controlling his children; Olinka: men determine who is educateed (not women), bride price. |
| What causes Albert and Celie to become closer throughout the novel? | their common love for Shug |
| What is the result of harpo's abuse of sofia? | their marriage was damaged and they lost intimacy |
| why does Harpo begin to eat excessively? | he wants to become bigger so that he has a fair fight against sofia |
| what does the yellow dress that shug offers Clie for her quilt symbolize? | the happiness the shug brings into celie's life |
| celie tells shug that she knows that Albert only beats her because she is not shug. what does this statement say about celie's self-awareness? | she's becoming more aware to her surrroundings and how the world works. she is better able to interpret her situation |
| when celie claims it feels like albert is "doing his business" when he has sex w/ her, what does she mean? | she feels like an object and feels no intimacy |
| what is shug's definition of a virgin? how is this definition empowering to celie? | someone who has not experienced pleasure during sex. celie feels like she has a clean slate |
| why does Celie cry when she hears shug and albert making love? | she wants to have a long, meaningful, and loving relationship w/ someone |
| 3 times Sofia tells Squeak she is fine w/ leaving harpo alone. why is her willingness to give harpo up again significant? | sofia telling harpo that she doesn't need him to show she's an independent woman and make him chase after her. robs him of his pwr over her |
| what's significant about celie telling squeak to demand that harpo call her by her real name? | women deserve respect. celie is empowering squeak like shug empowered her |
| for what does sofia go to jail? | hitting the mayor. |
| after reading about what happened to sofia, what can the reader infer is walker's pt about fighting for what you believe to be right? | fighting is necessary; the consequences are worth it but aren't always positiver |
| what kind of cruel and unusual punishment does sofia have to endure? | sleeping naked on a cold, hard, concrete floor w/ bugs, snakes, and rats nearby |
| why does squeak learn to respect sofia? | sofia has endured torture and fought for oppressed black women (she's a hero) |
| why does squeak's white uncle, the warden, rape her? | he does it to feel pwrful, put her in her place, and den any relation to her |
| what method does squeak use to tell her story? | singing |
| why is it difficult for squeak to find a place to fit into in her culture? | biracial, so not accepted by blacks or whites |
| why does sofia not feel any love for Eleanor Jane? | she's white; sofia had to raise her when she couldn't raise her own children |
| what sorts of things does miss millie say is improper conduct btw whites and blacks? | it's improper for a white and black person to sit side by side in a car (unless the black person is teaching the white person to drive); improper for white woman to ride in a car w/ a strange black man |
| why doesn't celie like grady? | jealous, mad he uses shug's money |
| why does shug marry grady? | realizes she'll never marry albert |
| what causes shug to fall out of love w/ albert? | he isn't fun anymore, lazy, beats women |
| what's important about the idea that celie feels like sleeping with shug is "like sleeping w/ mama or nettie?" | Shug and celie's relationship is based on comfort, security, family, safety, and nurturing |
| why does shug continue to have an affair w/ albert after he marries annie julia? | to spite annie julia b/c albert loves albert loves shug, not annie julia |
| how does edu. play an important role in nettie's life? | edu. helps african trade |
| why does nettie think that god sent her to samuel and corrine? | she thinks he sent her to watch over celie's children |
| what is significant about nettie's route back to africa? | its the reversal of the trade route, symbolizes her return to her roots |
| what's inspirational about nettie's Harlem experience? | shows her that african americans can be financially independent, hope for af-amers to be successful |
| why does nettie say the africans have suffered from diseases and spiritual confusion? | they sold their ancestors to slavery |
| what group of ppl settled in liberia? | free african-americans |
| Walker uses nettie's story about africa to make what point about oppression? | oppression is everywhere |
| why does shug not want Celie to kill albert? | Celie would be sinking to the men's level, jailed, Nettie coming home, Shug doesn't want to be left alone w/ grady |
| what do celie's pants represent? | freedom and pwr |
| what kind of god is the roofleaf to the protector ppl? | protector god |
| how are the olinka ppl similar to the african american ppl? | both suffer from white oppression, women thrive in communities, women belong to men (Male dominance) |
| what are some problems in he novel that are a result of a lack of communication? | celie lives her life thinking nettie's dead, olinka make samuel angry b/c they're still mad about slavery, corrine thinks that olivia and adam are samuel and nettie's children, celie worries about her children's health |
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