The Color Purple | Sample Essay Outlines
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Topic #1
Follow the development of clothes as symbols in The Color Purple and explain how clothes become symbols of protection.
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I. Thesis Statement: In The Color Purple, characters who wish to protect others from harm make clothes for them. Clothes become a symbol of protection because the making of clothes is an act of support from one to another.
II. Early examples of this symbol
A. Celie dresses up to try to protect Nettie from Alphonso
B. Corrine’s dress for Olivia
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