Friday, 20 November 2015

Celie's struggle for identity


In The Color Purple by Alice Walker the struggle for identity is shaped at both the personal level, by individual preferences, and at a wider level by social, cultural, historical and ethnic customs and expectations.  Thus, for much of the novel, there is a struggle for Celie between her desire to escape from Mr___ to Shug, and the expectation that she will obey the man she has been forced to marry.
Tasks:
1. Discuss these four key areas of Celie’s struggle for identity. Which do you think is most important to her?
2. Find a quote from the novel to support each example given.
3. Can you think of any other ideas relating to Celie’s sense of identity?
4. Which other characters struggle for identity in this novel?


 


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