hansker. He blow his nose‚ look up at me out of two eyes close like fists. What happen to your eyes? I ast. He clam round in his mind for a story to tell‚ then fall back on the truth. Sofia‚ he say. You still bothering Sofia? I ast. She my wife‚ he say. That don’t mean you got to keep on bothering her‚ I say. Sofia love you‚ she a good wife. Good to the children and good looking. Hardworking. Godfearing and clean. I don’t know what more you want. Harpo sniffle. I want her to do what I say‚ like
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very submissive‚ but some prove their strength in the face of violence‚ after suffering abuse many women prove that they will not be dragged down. The two main victims of violence in the book are Celie and Sofia‚ who both experience abuse in their childhood and in their marriages. Sofia tries to fight the abuse that was made against her by being violent herself since she is a brave and a strong woman‚ however Celie in the beginning is introduced as weak and submissive.She has to tolerate Fonso
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or rhetor‚ and the audience. Celie‚ the main character of the movie‚ shows the impact of rhetoric in almost every aspect of her life. The effects of rhetoric in Celie’s life are apparent through her relationships with Mr. Johnson‚ Shug Avery‚ and Sofia. The relationship that Celie has with Mr. Johnson is unbalanced from the first time they meet. Celie’s complacent and gentle nature leave her at the mercy of Albert Johnson’s more dominant attitude. The rhetoric that she expresses to him‚ of innocence
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liberties a has (40). In this moment Sofia explains her amazonian-esque physique explaining that “all my life I had to fight.I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins” (40) Sofia and Celie essentially have a heart to heart and Celie realises how strong Sofia really is‚ and the unfortunate reality that she could never acquire the level of strength and independence that Sofia possessed. Harpo’s failed attempt to control Sofia caused her to be arrested because if
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feel like? Author: Michael Morpurgo Text Type: Short Story Date Read: 8/2/18 2) This story is about a young girl names Sofia‚ who lives in a village. One moment she was going to school‚ the next moment she is hiding in the toilets and watching soldiers‚ taking everything and burning everything in the village. A grieving solider comes into the toilet and finds Sofia in the toilet‚ and has compassion on her and tries to save her. She realises how fear can control people and sometimes it can
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starts to unpack everything from the kitchen to the bathrooms. Once she was done‚ she sat on her couch laying down with her hand on her forehead thinking of how far she has gone. She was remembering all of the fun times she had with her best friend Sofia. She could feel water dripping down her cheek bones. She feels sleepy so she goes to her room and sleeps. Then‚ she finally woke up. When she gets out of bed‚ she sees a small door. She opens it up and looks through it. All she would see was the nonstop
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Sofia’s suffering more poetic. Walker became an overnight success with The Color Purple (“Color”). Celie‚ the main character of the novel The Color Purple‚ and Sofia‚ a secondary character‚ both face harsh times throughout their lives due to racism. The two African American women are beaten and brought down within the novel. When Sofia finally gets to work in Celie’s store‚ after being criticized when at the stores prior due to blacks not being able to work in stores‚ it becomes a personal
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herself until she was influenced by other women in her life. When the reader first meets Celie she is fourteen years old by the end she is at least sixty. Celie had many women who influenced her throughout the story‚ her sister Nettie‚ her friend Sofia‚ and the person she loves and admires Shug Avery. Nettie is Celie’s younger sister‚ is a very intelligent woman who went to Africa as a missionary. “You better not never tell nobody but God‚ it’d kill your mammy” (Walker‚ 2003‚ pg. 1). When Nettie
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Women’s Friendship in Alice Walker’s... اﻷﺳﺘﺎذ- اﻟﻌﺪد ) ٣٠٢ ( ﻟﺴﻨﺔ ٣٣٤١ ﻫﺠﺮﻳﺔ – ٢١٠٢ ﻣﻴﻼدﻳﺔ ٢٠٣ The Color Purple Women’s Friendship in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple صداقة النساء في رواية اللون البنفسجي آللس ووكر زينب عبدالكريم مسير أ.م.د.كاظم جواد الزبيدي Zainab Abdul-Karim Musir Assist.Prof.Dr.Kadhim Jawad جامعة بغداد/ كلية التربية- ابن رشد/ قسم اللغة االنكليزية الملخص ة وﻗﺎﺼﺔ وﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ﻤﻘﺎﻻت وﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ة وﻨﺎﺸطﺔ اﻤرﻴﻜﻴﺔ. ﺘﻜﺘب ووﻜر ﻤطوﻻ ﻓﻲ اﻝﻤواﻀﻴﻊ ﺴﻴر ﺘﻌد اﻝﻴس ووﻜر
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However‚ when Harpo approaches Celie about how to control Sofia‚ Celie is bitter about the pity she sees in Sofia’s eyes so she tells Harpo to “Beat her” (p.36). After Harpo attempts to beat Sofia to make her listen to him and he instead is the one who comes away injured‚ she finds out that it is Celie who told him that it was the appropriate course of action. When questioning
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