The Color Purple

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hard for the individual to self-discover himself and succeeded in life. These kinds of individuals that grow up under these circumstances mainly suffer from depressions, sadness, and most importantly from low self-esteem. They suffer from low self-esteem because they were raised in low standard environments. Their personalities are excessively sensitive to social rejection, humiliation, and shame. One of the greatest literary examples of this situation is Celie, the main character in the book by Alice Walker. "Devoid of any and all respect, Celie, a persecuted African-American woman suppressed by tyrannical rule sparked from the agonizing, torturous fires of ignorance and egocentrism, prevailed against the incessant degradation of society's superiors, . . .a man's world"(Klosowski 4). As a result of Celie's environment she never get's a fair opportunity to self-discover until she gets away from her surroundings.
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is why she writes letters to God. Another submissive example is when she says, "He beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church. I may have got something in my eye but I didn't wink. I don't even look at men" (6 ). Celie has to do all the cleaning and cooking in the house, but even thought she does not like it she hides it from her stepfather and never complains because she doesn't think she has the rights to argue against him. For example she says, "I don't never git used to it but I can't say nothing"(2) Her stepfather forces her to do everything in the house because she is a female and females in her stepfather's mind have to keep their men happy as well as ...

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