Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Colour Purple-Reading Response #1

Theme

The theme of this book is how a girl was bought up with some education , from her sister after her marriage , she got pregnant 2 times when she was young because of her dad and got taken out from school because of that . Her dad married her off to Mr.____ because Mr____ needed a house wife and someone to look after the kids for him. Celies ends up being a girl who learns to have self- confident.

Celie

The main Character Celie is developed as a girl who has had some difficulty and rough times through out her life, Celies a bright girl that's not educated, she wanted to study in school but she ended up being big because of that Celie had to leave school.Ceilies a mother of 2 children who were taken away from her one way or another. She is a girl who was married at a young age, to a man named Mr Albert _____. After Marriage Celie became a woman with her own unique feelings towards others.



Nettie

Nettie is Celies younger sister. Nettie character is developed in the book the day she saw the light of day , how harsh and mean he was . Nettie run away form home so she could find help for the other girls . Netties boyfriend was Celies husband. Before Celies and Mr____ marriage, Nettie was dating Mr_____ and He asked for her hand but her dad didn't allow it because she was young and had no experience,her dad also wanted her to finish studying. So instead Celie and Mr.____ got married.


Mr ____

A widowed man who first name is Albert and has children and needed a house wife and someone to take care of the kids.Married to Celie and Netties ex boyfriend.Mr.____ wouldn't do anything other then sitting out on the porch and sipping a pipe . Mr_____ had an affair with his wife before with a girl named Shug Avery, he had 3 kids with her.His wife was murdered by someone.


Mood / Atmosphere

The mood of the book is abuse . The atmosphere of the book is full of sadness.


Setting

The setting of the book takes place at Celies house .The setting has an impact on the story because after she was married she spent her life in that house working and taking care of the kids.



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