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    <title>The Color Purple Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some items that are in the text that are key to a reader's...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some items that are in the text that are key to a reader's understanding of the plot that are not in the Color Purple film.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:23:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That answeris not correct.
Celie DOES write her letters to God...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/color-purple/q-and-a/whom-does-celie-write-most-her-letters-why-81135</link>
        <description><![CDATA[That answeris not correct.
Celie DOES write her letters to God initially, but when she discovers the letters that Mr. ____ (or Albert) have been hiding from her (from Nettie), she starts to write to Nettie, not knowing if Nettie receives them.
Nettie and Albert were not dating at any time. Albert always wanted to marry Nettie but she was too young, and Albert was forced to pick Celie. After Celie moves out, Nettie moves in with Celie and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:59:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[She gets scarification on her face but then later regrets it.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[She gets scarification on her face but then later regrets it.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:54:55 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To add to pohnpei397's answer, the link i provided is a list of classic...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/color-purple/q-and-a/book-color-purple-when-where-was-this-book-banned-108653</link>
        <description><![CDATA[To add to pohnpei397's answer, the link i provided is a list of classic books that were banned/challenged. The Color Purple is challenged for "sexual and social explicitness," along with "profanity and rough language"... there are a ton of reasons there, and it even says where the book was challenged. the website is a really great site to take a look at.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:53:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, is one of the books that most often...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/color-purple/q-and-a/book-color-purple-when-where-was-this-book-banned-108653</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, is one of the books that most often faces banning, or attempts at banning.
The most common reasons for wanting to ban this book sexual content (including the rape scene on the very first page of the book and lesbian scenes) and its graphic violence.  There are also concerns about the discussions of racism in the book.  Please see the second link for quotes from the scenes that have been found offensive.
I...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:41:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[On the book The Color Purple -- when and where was this book banned or...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/color-purple/q-and-a/book-color-purple-when-where-was-this-book-banned-108653</link>
        <description><![CDATA[On the book The Color Purple -- when and where was this book banned or challenged, and why was it banned or challenged?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:21:11 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alice Walker writes a parody of a slave narrative in The Color Purple....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Alice Walker writes a parody of a slave narrative in The Color Purple.  Slave narratives were usually oral confessionals that depicted the horrors of slavery--a form of propaganda used by abolitionist organizations during slavery.  Most were left unedited, depicting graphic physical and sexual abuse, and written in Black English (pigeon English) for authentication.  Of late, many were recorded by the WPA in the 1930s and archived for...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:25:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does the context of the novel justify the graphic descriptions in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does the context of the novel justify the graphic descriptions in the opening/first section?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:06:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Color Purple Fever Chart]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[What painfull process does Tashi undergo still in Africa?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What painfull process does Tashi undergo still in Africa?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:29:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Initially Celie writes her letters to God, but after she loses faith in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Initially Celie writes her letters to God, but after she loses faith in her religion, she pens the majority of her letters to her sister Nettie.
She and Nettie are separated when Celie is forced to marry Mr.______, a man that used to be Nettie's boyfriend. After he and Nettie argue, she is forced to take shelter with Samuel and Corrine, missionaries who take Nettie with them to Africa.
Celie is unsure about whether or not Nettie is recieving...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:44:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Color Purple", to whom does celie write most of her letters? Why?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "The Color Purple", to whom does celie write most of her letters? Why?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:20:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This question has been previously asked and answered. Please see the...]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:03:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why was The Color Purple by Alice Walker banned?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why was The Color Purple by Alice Walker banned?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 09:08:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Celie's marriage to Mr___ was not based on love - it wasn't even her...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/color-purple/q-and-a/what-meaning-calling-albert-mr-color-purple-by-73093</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Celie's marriage to Mr___ was not based on love - it wasn't even her choice or her will to marry him, she was forced into it. He had no identity for her as a lover, friend, or even husband. He was, for all purposes, her owner, her master. She thought of him as "mister" because that's all he was to her...a dominant male that controlled her. His name was not important to her since his only function was to be her master...therefore, that's the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:55:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the meaning of calling albert Mr_______? In The Color Purple by...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the meaning of calling albert Mr_______? In The Color Purple by Alice Walker.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:29:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lucius is Celie's little brother. He appears briefly at the very...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/color-purple/q-and-a/who-luscious-55845</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Lucius is Celie's little brother. He appears briefly at the very beginning of the book, and then he is not seen again. He is the one by Celie as she is turning around for Mr.____ as he is "inspecting" her.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:32:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One literary element that has historical relevance is the setting. The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[One literary element that has historical relevance is the setting. The Color Purple takes place in rural Georgia, the deep South, and spans the years from approximately 1900-1940. The setting is important for several reasons. First, Georgia is a southern state, which was rife with racism against the African-Americans that lived there. This comes to light clearly in the scene where Sophia hits the Mayor's wife as well as the scene in which...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:28:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Please explain some of the literary elements of The Color Purple and how...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Please explain some of the literary elements of The Color Purple and how the text is historically relevant. ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Comparison of Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Color Purple]]></title>
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