The Color Purple Homework Help

In The Color Purple, why does Celie say that God "must be sleep?"   What does she mean?

Posted by user7533960 April 29, 2013 at 12:38 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

In The Color Purple, compare Celie, Sofia, and Squeak as they fight the suppression that follows them throughout their lives.

Posted by laikatong April 15, 2013 at 3:30 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What fortune does Celie read from her fortune cookie?

Posted by calista69 April 3, 2013 at 2:22 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

Follow the development of clothes as symbols in The Color Purple and explain how clothes become symbols of protection.

Posted by laikatong March 26, 2013 at 9:10 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

In the novel what ideas about journeys are conveyed?

Posted by tamanimat March 3, 2013 at 2:14 AM via web. Be the first to answer. »

In The Color Purple what are criticisms regarding Shug's influence on Celie?

Posted by sk5sk February 7, 2013 at 12:26 AM via iOS. 1 educator answer. »

If Celie had had gone on feeling hatred her life truly would have been destroyed by the hatred that had been shown towards her.  What do...

Posted by user9930504 February 6, 2013 at 7:53 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

Explain the title of The Color Purple in relation to its theme.

Posted by sharief78 January 19, 2013 at 6:59 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What are some friendship quotes in the color purple?

Posted by dominiquetomas December 4, 2012 at 5:31 AM via iOS. Be the first to answer. »

What is the theme of The Color Purple?I have to write a paper and give a presentation on the theme/thesis of The Color Purple.

Posted by naairi July 23, 2012 at 11:44 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

How do I thoroughly analyze the symbolism of purple in the book The Color Purple? I need quotes supporting the symbolism of purple and an...

Posted by sinhatanya1 July 22, 2012 at 3:17 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

How can I analyze Celie's character development in the Color Purple and compare/reflect/analyze it to the Suffrage movement - womens...

Posted by sinhatanya July 22, 2012 at 2:20 AM via web. Be the first to answer. »

What does Jack Kirby think about Walker’s “The Color Purple” in reference to it's impact on popular culture?

Posted by brainteez June 27, 2012 at 2:10 PM via web. Be the first to answer. »

Why does Jack Kirby think that Walker’s “The Color Purple” might be more significant than Benton's “Places in the Heart”?

Posted by brainteez June 27, 2012 at 1:13 PM via web. Be the first to answer. »

In terms of “reconciliations”, why does Kirby think that Walker’s “The Color Purple” might be more significant than “Places in the...

Posted by brainteez June 23, 2012 at 4:29 AM via web. Be the first to answer. »

What are the differences in plot between the color purple book and movie?

Posted by trc5784 May 21, 2012 at 10:56 PM via web. Be the first to answer. »

Is rebellion a major theme in The Color Purple? I am writing an essay connectingOne Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and The Color Purple. I have...

Posted by mohpat12 May 19, 2012 at 12:36 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

How does Gayle Rubin's "Exchange of Women" theory apply to "The Color Purple?

Posted by rlewers April 28, 2012 at 5:37 PM via web. Be the first to answer. »

How old is Celie's new mother?

Posted by sippycup024 March 27, 2012 at 1:11 AM via web. Be the first to answer. »

What language techniques are used in this novel please?

Posted by gordana March 2, 2012 at 3:02 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

In The Color Purple, does the statement, "you cannot escape your past," apply to Celie?

Posted by jennifer890 February 26, 2012 at 10:01 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

Discuss why (especially in terms of "reconciliations") Kirby thinks that Walker’s "The Color Purple" might be more significant than "Places...

Posted by daisyrain February 25, 2012 at 5:43 AM via web. Be the first to answer. »

Discuss the title of the novel The Color Purple.  

Posted by melory123456 February 19, 2012 at 12:46 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

Explain the significance of quilt metaphor in The Colour Purple.

Posted by sayantanis January 28, 2012 at 2:15 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

Discuss the title of the novel The Color Purple. What is the significance of the title?

Posted by jacintaperris January 26, 2012 at 6:17 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

How is the title, The Color Purple, related to the themes of the novel?

Posted by poonamvalera January 25, 2012 at 2:05 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

Describe The Color Purple formally. What is the plot structure in the novel The Color Purple and what type of novel is it?  

Posted by apple17 January 12, 2012 at 10:48 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

How does the setting heighten the conflict in the novel?

Posted by hamada87 January 6, 2012 at 1:13 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

In The Color Purple, what is the meaning of the blank spaces?

Posted by aidaaida January 3, 2012 at 2:46 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What does Alice Walker want to tell us about teaching history in comparing Columbus with a cucumber? The likeness in sound seems...

Posted by aidaaida December 27, 2011 at 7:13 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

Please indicate the points which need to be incorporated in the answer to the question related to the "title" of the novel The Colour Purple.

Posted by preetimathur December 21, 2011 at 1:07 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

How does the setting highten the conflict in the novel?PLEACE ANSWEAR MY QUSTION

Posted by apple17 December 20, 2011 at 8:00 AM via web. Be the first to answer. »

Discuss the title of the novel The Colour Purple.  

Posted by preetimathur December 14, 2011 at 3:42 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What are the types of conflicts in The Color Purple? Is it man versus man or men versus self or nature...?

Posted by apple17 December 12, 2011 at 11:30 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

The Color Purple: Movie vs BookHey guys, I was just wondering, since I have to write an assignment on the differences between the novel...

Posted by chenry1993 November 26, 2011 at 3:59 AM via web. 3 educator answers. »

What is the tone of The Color Purple?

Posted by cheycheybaby November 17, 2011 at 6:21 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

The Color Purple has often read as a metphor for the African American leagacy.  What symbolism exists in the way Celie is separated from her...

Posted by thello October 28, 2011 at 5:37 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What facts about American history are captured in The Color Purple, such as those represented by the lyching and burning of Celie and...

Posted by thello October 27, 2011 at 3:01 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

How does Celie's store change the lives of the women around her in Chapter 89 of The Color Purple?

Posted by thello October 25, 2011 at 10:52 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What is the effect of not knowing Albert`s last name in The Color Purple? In early novels, it was not uncommon for authors to use a blank in...

Posted by thello October 24, 2011 at 6:57 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

Can you give me a  quote that shows Celie's confident.  I know that one quote that shows Celie's confident is when she stood up to Mr. but I...

Posted by boscow August 12, 2011 at 12:02 PM via web. Be the first to answer. »

What are the narrative strategies that Walker uses in The Color Purple?

Posted by sabz21 July 27, 2011 at 4:19 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What does the main character in The Color Purple want and why?

Posted by teamiller May 18, 2011 at 8:43 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

In The Color Purple, what did the mayor's wife ask Sophia, sparking the confrontation?

Posted by amber155 May 5, 2011 at 7:54 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What questions does Celie ask God in The Color Purple?

Posted by dbwdoc March 29, 2011 at 8:20 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

In The Color Purple, what do the photos Celie finds show about Shug's character?

Posted by jdietsche March 9, 2011 at 12:34 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

From beginning to end, how does education help improve the lives of the characters in The Color Purple? Please provide quotes as evidence.

Posted by haras357 March 4, 2011 at 9:59 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

How does Shug Avery and Celie's relationship evolve and better their lives in the novel The Color Purple?

Posted by jadd888 December 18, 2010 at 11:48 PM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What important events happen in the second half of The Color Purple?

Posted by darmanjaro December 9, 2010 at 12:18 AM via web. 1 educator answer. »

What is the representation of the african woman in the books of the color purple and heart of darkness?

Posted by jenny321 October 3, 2010 at 9:30 PM via web. Be the first to answer. »