Referat THE COLOR PURPLE: Sandra Hannesschlaeger - Book Report, THE PLOT

THE COLOR PURPLE:

AUTOR: Sandra Hannesschlaeger

Book Report

TITLE: The Color Purple

AUTHOR: Alice Walker - she was born in Georgia in 1944. In her poetry and novels, Alice W.  dramatically shows the unfair treatment and racism of black women. Her novel

"The Color Purple" won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Award for Fiction.

Other books written by A.W.: Meridian, possessing the secret of joy, the temple of my                               familiar,.

It was published by POCKET BOOKS/WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS

TYPE OF BOOK: novel

SUBJECT: It is about the life of Celie, a black woman. She has to overcome being dependent

on others and racism. The novel also shows the relationship to her sister and how

her sister´s life develops. Just as, her relationship to Shug and how she influenced

to her life!

SETTINGS in the South of USA, when: ?

CHARACTERS

Celie: main character. She was raped by her father and beaten up by her

husband. She is a very shy and humbly person.

Mr.__: Celie´s husband. He is in love with Shug Avery.

Netti: Celie´s sister and the only person who really loves Celie. But they aren´t

allowed to have contact with each other's.

Shug Avery: She is a singer and loved by Mr.__ and Celie.

THE PLOT

When Celie is fourteen years old she was raped by her father. After her mother died,

her father married her off to Mr.__.

Celie´s life with him was horrible, because she had to raise his children, she wasn´t

allowed to have her own opinion, was treated like a slave and beaten for no reason.

After a while Mr.__ found out that Shug Avery is ill. So he brought her home where

Celie had to take care of her. Celie liked to do so, because she immediately fell in

love with Shug.

When Shug found out that Mr.__ is beating Celie she started to help her.

I think, the idea that the Author had when she wrote this book was to show the situation of women in a certain society and how they can change their life if they really want to.

MY OPINION

I really like this book for many reasons. First of all, Alice Walker showed how

difficult daily life can be for women - especially when they´re black. I also

found it very emotional how relationships between people were shown

- sometimes very brutal (Celie was raped: 1^st from her father and then from her 

husband) and then very loving (the relationship to her sister and then with Shug). Most of all, I found the end very impressing. Celie´s sense of self-worth and value as a woman and human being awoke. She was now a really strong person who had the courage to change!