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What is the meaning of calling albert Mr_______? In The Color Purple by Alice Walker.

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Posted by bigmac99p on Tuesday March 24, 2009 at 7:29 AM and tagged with characters, the color purple.

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  1. krickettz
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    High School - 12th Grade

    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 way she thought of him.

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    Posted by krickettz on Tuesday March 24, 2009 at 10:55 AM