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The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

CliffsNotes on The Color Purple discusses Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning epistolary novel that weaves a mosaic of women joined by their love for each other, the men who abuse them, and the children they care for. When the novel opens, 14-year-old Celie is pregnant for the second time with her father's child. From such horrid beginnings, Celie forges close bonds with other women and grows strong and independent, in spite of the abuse she suffers from the men in her life.

Take the Quiz Celie initially writes to God
  1. to share her tragic story and seek understanding
  2. to pray for forgiveness
  3. to prove that God does exists
  4. to swear t God for her situation
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