H5 - The Color Purple 48-72
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Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Slide
Do you have a question about the book? Things you don't understand or you want to be explained?
Slide 3 - Open question
Reread the first letter of the book. What does the writer describe here? What do we get to know about the writer, her personal life, and her living circumstances? Be as complete as you can
Slide 4 - Open question
In Letter 14, when it is announced that Shug is coming to town, why are both Mr. _______ and Celie so happy?
Slide 5 - Open question
Explain why language gives information about the social background of the different characters in general and of Celie in particular?
Slide 6 - Open question
Compare the characters of Celie and Sofia and describe the differences. Illustrate your answer by using 2 examples from the book.
Slide 7 - Open question
In letter 21 Sofia says to Celie:
“All my life I had to fight.
I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to
fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl ain’t safe in a family
of men.”
What does Sofia mean by the last sentence? What does the quotation tell us about her?
“All my life I had to fight.
I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to
fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl ain’t safe in a family
of men.”
What does Sofia mean by the last sentence? What does the quotation tell us about her?
Slide 8 - Open question
Alice Walker (writer of the novel) is considered by some critics to have a sexist attitude towards men in this novel. Explain how this assumption can be derived from the novel.
