Monday, April 27, 2009

The Color Purple Post 5

5 Things I Understand:
  • Celie and Nettie plan on meeting up at some point.
  • Celie's real father has passed away, and she has received basically all her father's property.
  • Nettie and Celie's children can' get to America without proof.
  • Albert has some kind of epiphany, and decides to help get Nettie back into America.
  • Celie and Nettie have differnt lives, but still have lots of love for each ther, that had never decreased.
4 Questions:
  • Why did Albert not get angry when he found out that Celie has become independent?
  • What does Celie's personality change say about Alice Walker?
  • Why isn't there a ending where Celie really gets to know her children?
  • When did Samuel and his wife get married?
3 Words:
  • Preshate (Walker 272): could not find a definition.
  • Omantangu (Walker 276): could not find a definition.
  • Miration (Walker 287): could not find a definition.
2 Literary Devices:
  • Simile: "You on and off like a jackrabbit" (Waker 271).
  • Metaphor: "I think this the youngest us ever felt" (Walker 288).
1 Summary Sentence: Celie and Nettie are finally reuinted.

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