29 October 2012
The Color Purple
The format of the book changes within the second part of our reading. Nettie comes back into the picture, rather it being focused on Celie as it was the first half of the book. Is this more interesting to you than hearing about Celie's different lifestyle? I like how the book touches base on different issues you wouldn't expect during this time period. I've never heard of an older novel addressing the different ranges in sexuality, especially with such early age marriage and high likelihood of rape. Maybe that pushed Celie away from the male figure and lost any attraction to them due to the harsh abuse from her own father and other experiences. Can you really blame her?
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So as I wrap up my reading in this section, I find myself enjoying the book slighlty more. While it is hard to get into right off the bat the plot line slowly begins to pick up and draw this reader in. While looking for a connecting piece to this book, I found something that relates rather to the play and its interpration an cancellation in a recent theatre.
Link to article:
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-07-24/entertainment/os-color-purple-canceled-20120724_1_fantasyland-theatrical-productions-broadway-adaptation-open-letter
I found this section of our reading rather interesting. I like the fact that Nettie came back into the story. She brought my interest back into the book because I didn't think she was going to fall back into the story line. I thought the entire book was just going to be about Celie's life and experiences. I also found it weird in this setting that the characters would be finding their true sexuality since that wasn't really a common issue back then. I agree with Megs last point. That's what I was thinking. Being so young and going through all of that must have taken a toll on her.
While reading our second to last section, I found myself confused about a lot. While at first I thought it was pretty cool that we got to go into another country with more culture, I felt like I was keeping up with two different plot lines. Now Celie is with Shug, but Nettie is getting accused of having someone else's children? Yet their Celie's? Just seems very ironic and odd to me. I think I liked it better when just Celie was involved and Nettie came into her life. Do you think Celie will end up meeting her children that are with Nettie?
I also was really confused! There was one to many story lines. I kind of knew at the beginning that Shug and Celie would get together. I also found that whole children thing confusing. Nettie has Celie's children? I agree with Meaghan, I enjoyed the book a lot more when the story line was simple and only involved mostly Celie and Nettie. To answer your question Meg, utimately, I do think Celie will get to meet her kids. I actually hope she does. That would be the ideal ending to the story.
Throughout this section I found it rather interesting how the plot kind of split into two. It was confussing at times and took a while to figure out. However I thought it added a twist on the story that could make the book slightly more interesting.
Some critics say that this book ended too happily to be realistic, do you agree? Personally, I dont believe it's completely unrealistic for some people to have a happy ending. After all, they deserve it. Celie gets her family back and finally has the confidence in herself that she always longed for.
One of the big questions I have for this chapter is what would you consider the big event throughput the novel? Meaning what is the biggest event in your Opionon for this book.
I don't believe the ending to be absoultely unrealistic. It's just more of a typical story ending; ie. fairy tales and love stories. I feel like the book came full circle. All of the characters mentioned mostly in the beginning made there way back into the story at the end. I felt like the end was kind of a big event. She gets her family back. That was kind of a big deal. I could go on and on about important parts for certain characters, but I felt the big part was the ending. It was like the grand finale. In all it was a very interesting book
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