Post by maribarraza on Sept 4, 2011 20:58:28 GMT -5
The Color Purple by Alice Walker, can be looked at through the feminist approach very clearly. The main character Celie is constantly treated as nothing just because she is a women. The other characters in the book, such as her husband Albert, and his son Harpo expect the women to do what they say and not complain. Through out the entire novel many social norms are brought forward. They expect her to watch the rest of the children, and maintain the house clean. Not only do they expect her to keep the womens role, but also not complain and do as they are told. For example Harpo complains to Celie because his wife, Sofia, isn't as obedient as she is. The women in the novel are expected to maintain a clean house, the kids fed, and do as the men say without complaining, basically the societies way of looking at women in the time period. Overall this novel can be easily analyzed with the feminist theory.
