The Color Purple Group

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swissair
swissair
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High School - 11th Grade

How much time is covered in "The Color Purple"?

time, as in days or months or years

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Posted by swissair on Thursday October 30, 2008 at 9:06 PM and tagged with plot, the color purple, time.

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  1. morrol
    morrol Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    The setting in The Color Purple spans a thirty year range from 1910 to 1930. It is difficult to tell this from the book, however. Time is not mentioned hardly ever throughout the novel, and the characters or narrator do not refer to dates. The novel also does not refer to any actual historical events.

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    Posted by morrol on Friday October 31, 2008 at 8:48 AM