The Color Purple

The Color Purple: Subjugation of Women and Sexual Abuse Subjugation of women and sexual abuse in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple are important issues because that was a major controversy in the rural south in the early 20th century. The main character Celie was abused, raped, and mistreated in so many ways. She was a slave to the male dominant force that was unwilling to pay attention to her being the man that she …showed first 75 words of 2401 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2401 total…best (Prescott 67-68). It is hard to go through life being able to trust any other man again. If only Celie stood up for herself she might have gotten herself out of many situations. But she took up for others many a time. She was always putting other people’s thoughts and feelings in front of hers. In the end, the meaning “Love redeems, meanness kills” is the principle theme for Celie’s life. 2394 words