The Color Purple

“The Color Purple”A contrast of the book and movie,[object Object],By,[object Object],Amy Harris,[object Object]

Alice Walker,[object Object],In 1982 The Color Purple was written by Alice Walker as a novel.,[object Object],Alice Walker received the American Book Award and a Pulitzer Price for fiction : ,[object Object],The Color Purple.,[object Object],It was one of the first recognized books dealing with black women living in poor circumstances and being abused by men.,[object Object]

Quincy Jones,[object Object],Quincy Jones was entitled to be the executive producer of,[object Object], The Color Purple ,[object Object]

Steven Spielberg,[object Object],Steven Spielberg was hired to direct The Color Purple,[object Object],This decision caused a lot of controversy as he was a white man of Jewish origin plus the fact that Alice Walker did not know him,[object Object]

Menno Meyjes,[object Object],Menno Meyjes, was hired to write the end of the script because of Ms.Walker suffering from Lyme disease,[object Object],Coming from Holland where people spoke folk were looked down on by those who spoke standard Dutch could relate to the problems explained in Walker’s novel.,[object Object]

Whoopi Goldberg,[object Object],Whoopi Goldberg ,[object Object],Played,[object Object],“Celie”,[object Object]

“Celie",[object Object],The main character of the book,[object Object],In the book Celie talks to God about her problems.,[object Object],The book allows Celie to first tell and share her feelings and problems with God later on with her sister Nettie by writing letters.,[object Object],In the movie Celie’s life is shown without any hurt or violence.,[object Object],But, in the book she feels hurt by the fact that Shug loves Albert.,[object Object]

Danny Glover,[object Object],Danny Glover,[object Object],Plays,[object Object],Albert/Mister,[object Object]

“Albert”/ “Mister”,[object Object],The end of the movie is focused more on Albert than Celie,[object Object],In the movie Albert is incapable of fixing Shug’s Breakfast,[object Object],In the novel Mister is mean and cold to Celie, humanized only by the love for Shug and his son Harpo,[object Object]

Margaret Avery,[object Object],Margaret Avery,[object Object],Plays,[object Object],“Shug Avery”,[object Object]

“Shug Avery”,[object Object],In the movie Albert shows no violence after Shug arrival, whereas the book does.,[object Object],In the movie Shug and Celie becomes good friends ; whereas in the book they have an affair.,[object Object],Shug also runs away a marry a young man in the book, but in the movie it’s an older man.,[object Object]

Oprah Winfrey,[object Object],Oprah Winfrey,[object Object],Plays,[object Object],“Sophia”,[object Object]

“Sophia”,[object Object],In the movie Sophia is potrayed as a strong woman whom speaks her mind and takes control of things.,[object Object],Her power is taken away from her when she has to be Mrs. Millie maid.,[object Object]

AkosuaBusia,[object Object],AkosuaBusia,[object Object],Plays,[object Object],“Nettie”,[object Object]

“Nettie”,[object Object],In the movie Nettie comes to live with Mister and Celie.,[object Object],While living with the two she teaches Celie to read.,[object Object],In the movie she later movies to Africa and is united with Celie children.,[object Object]

Willard E. Pugh,[object Object],Willard Pugh,[object Object],Plays,[object Object],“Harpo”,[object Object]

“Harpo”,[object Object],Harpo was Mister son.,[object Object],Harpo was married to Sophia and wanted to control her.,[object Object]

Conclusion,[object Object],The main reason that the movie was written was fact that many black people are illiterate and therefore are not capable of reading.,[object Object],The movie depicts Celie’s story in a different way than the book does and leaves out essential themes.,[object Object]

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