BOOK ☆ The Color Purple Å Alice Walker

The Color Purple is a classic With over a million copies sold in the UK alone it is hailed as one of the all time 'greats' of literature inspiring generations of readersSet in the deep American South between the wars it is the tale of I give this book 5 stars to spite the myopic David Gilmours and the VS Naipauls of the world who think books written by women are irrelevant I give this 5 stars to make up for the many 123 star ratings it may receive simply because of Alice Walker's forthright honest portrayal of unpleasant truths that are often conveniently shoved under the carpet so as not to disturb the carefully preserved but brittle structure of dogma and century old misconceptions And I award this 5 stars symbolically on Banned Books Week as an apology for all the cowardly sentiments of the ones who misuse their power by banning books thereby shutting out many powerful voices which demand and need to be heardIn my eyes an author's merit lies not only in their sense of aesthetic beauty but also in the scope and reach of their worldviews which must reflect in their craftAlice Walker's is the voice of one such African American writer that recounts a story which not only breaches the boundaries of an issue like emancipation of women but tries to detect a common pattern in problems plaguing civilizations across continents She gives us one horrifying glimpse after another into the lives of women ravaged by unspeakable brutalities like rape and abuse lives searching for meaning and connection and seeking out that elusive ray of hope amidst the darkness of despair And by the end of the narrative she brings to light with great sensitivity that misogyny sexism and blind patriarchal prejudices are as rampantly in vogue in the urban upscale sphere of American cities as they are in the intractable untameable African landscapesCelie and Nettie Shug Avery Sofia and Mary Agnes Tashi and Olivia All these are but different names and many facets of the same disturbing realityIf the lives of Celie and Nettie are torn apart by sexual abuse and humiliation from childhood then Tashi and other unnamed young African girls of the Olinka tribe are victims of genital mutilation and other forms of psychological and physical tortureIf the men of African American families dehumanize the female members to the point of treating them as mere care givers and sex slaves then the objectification of African women by the men of their families is no less appalling And contrary to accepted beliefs white families in America are just as easily susceptible to misogyny as the African American families areBut Alice Walker doesn't only stop at opening our eyes to the uncivilized aspects of our so called civilized world but also shows us how knowledge of the world and people at large self awareness and education can help exorcize such social evils how it is never too late to gain a fresh perspective start anew and how empowerment of women eventually empowers societyDear David Gilmour if I were a professor of English literature I'd have taught Alice Walker to my students without a shred of hesitation because here's an author who may not possess the trademark sophistication of Virginia Woolf's lyrical prose but who nonetheless fearlessly broaches subjects many masters and mistresses of the craft may balk at dealing withAlice Walker 5 | David Gilmour 0

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The Color PurpleHen she meets the glamorous Shug Avery singer and magic maker a woman who has taken charge of her own destiny Gradually Celie discovers the power and joy of her own spirit freeing her from her past and reuniting her with those she lov The Color Purple Alice WalkerThe Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name Taking place mostly in rural Georgia the story focuses on the life of African American women in the Southern United States in the 1930s addressing numerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American social culture Celie is a poor uneducated 14 year old girl living in the American South in the early 1900s She writes letters to God because her stepfather Alphonso beats her harshly and rapes her continuously Alphonso has already impregnated Celie once a pregnancy that resulted in the birth of a boy she named Adam Alphonso takes the baby away shortly after his birth Celie has a second child a girl she named Olivia whom Alphonso also abducts Celie's ailing mother dies after cursing Celie on her deathbed Celie and her younger sister 12 year old Nettie learn that a man identified only as Mister wants to marry Nettie Alphonso refuses to let Nettie marry instead arranging for Mister to marry Celie Mister needing someone to care for his children and keep his house eventually accepts the offer Mister and his children whose mother was murdered by a jealous lover all treat Celie badly However she eventually gets Mister's sualid living conditions and incorrigible children under control Shortly thereafter Nettie runs away from Alphonso and takes refuge at Celie's house where Mister makes sexual advances toward her Celie then advises Nettie to seek assistance from a well dressed black woman that she had seen in the general store a while back; the woman had unknowingly adopted Celie's daughter and was the only black woman that Celie had ever seen with money of her own Nettie is forced to leave after promising to write Celie however never receives any letters and concludes that her sister is dead Shortly thereafter Nettie runs away from Alphonso and takes refuge at Celie's house where Mister makes sexual advances toward her Celie then advises Nettie to seek assistance from a well dressed black woman that she had seen in the general store a while back; the woman had unknowingly adopted Celie's daughter and was the only black woman that Celie had ever seen with money of her own Nettie is forced to leave after promising to write Celie however never receives any letters and concludes that her sister is dead تاریخ نخستین خوانش بیست و یکم ماه نوامبر سال 2010 میلادیعنوان به رنگ ارغوان؛ نویسنده آلیس واکر؛ مترجم امیرحسین مهدیزاده؛ تهران، نشر نی، 1388، در 306 ص؛ شابک 9789641851288؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان امریکایی سده 20 ماین نویسنده میگوید جهالت بزرگترین دشمن ماست وی میافزاید فکر میکنم «رنگ بنفش» با عشق در ارتباط است، ما نیاز به ارتباط داریمخلاصه داستان «سِلی جکسن»، دختر نوجوان سیاه‌پوستی است، که پدرش فرزندان او را به خانواده «ساموئل‌»ها می‌فروشد خود او را نیز به «آلبرت‌ جانسن گلاور»، مرد سیاه‌پوست بیوه‌ ای واگذار می‌کنند، که در پی خواهرِ «سلی»، «نتی بوسیا» بوده است او با وجود آزار و اذیت مدام «آلبرت» و فرزندانش، سعی می‌کند همسر مطیعی باشد «نتی» از خانه ی پدر فرار می‌کند، و نزد «سلی» می‌آید اما «آلبرت» او را بیرون می‌کند «نتی» قول می‌دهد، برای «سلی» نامه بنویسد، ولی هیچ‌گاه نامه‌ ای به دستش نمی‌رسد ه«ارپو پو»، پسر «آلبرت»، برخلاف رأی پدر، با دختری چاق و سرکش، به‌ نام «سوفیا وینفری» ازدواج می‌کند، و وقتی «هارپو» بنا به توصیه ی پدر، او را کتک می‌زند، در مقابلش می‌ایستد «هارپو» همچنان به زورگوئی‌های خویش ادامه می‌دهد، تا اینکه «سوفیا» او را ترک می‌کند، و بچه‌ هایش را هم با خود می‌برد در همین حین «شاگ ایوری» خواننده و محبوبه ی «آلبرت»، برای دیدن آنان می‌آید «هارپو» خانه‌ اش را به کافه تبدیل می‌کند، و «شاگ» نیز در آنجا برنامه اجرا می‌کند «سوفیا» با محبوب جدیدش، «باستر تیلیس» باز می‌گردد، و کافه را به هم می‌ریزد «شاگ» به «سلی گلدبرگ» می‌قبولاند، که آن‌طور هم که فکر می‌کرده، زشت نیست، و عشق و محبت بین زنان را به او می‌آموزد اما خودش مجبور می‌شود به خاطر پدرش که واعظ محلی آنجاست، کافه را ترک کند، و به ممفیس برود «سوفیا» نیز به خاطر جواب رد دادن به یک زن سفیدپوست، که از او می‌خواهد خدمتکارش باشد، به زندان می‌افتد «سوفیا»ی درمانده، مجبور می‌شود در خانه ی یک زن سفیدپوست، خدمتکاری کند «شاگ» با همسر جدیدش، «گریدی گیلوری» بازمی‌گردد و پی می‌برد که «آلبرت» در تمام این سال‌ها، نامه‌ هائی را که «نتی» برای «سلی» فرستاده، پنهان کرده است «نتی» در نامه‌ ها نوشته که همراه با «ساموئل‌ها»، و فرزندان «سلی»، «آدام» و «آلیویا»، به‌عنوان مبلّغ مذهبی، در آفریقا زندگی می‌کند «سلی» به ممفیس می‌رود «آلبرتِ» پیر و تنها، به رابطه ی «سوفیا» و «هارپو» حسادت می‌کند «سلی» که خانه ی مادریش را از مردی که فکر می‌کرد پدرش است در حالی که ناپدری‌ اش بوده به ارث برده، تبدیل به فروشگاه لباس می‌کند ا شربیانی