Oranges are Not the Only Fruit and the two letters in The Color Purple
The Chapter 'Joshua' in Oranges are Not the Only Fruit and the two
letters in The Color Purple, where Sofia returns and later gets
brutally punished for her confrontation, both explore fundamental
issues that characterize a lot of the essence of both novels as a
whole. At the heart of both of these two sections is the idea of
fighting for the truth and facing the consequences. Although Oranges
are not the Only Fruit is written in a retrospective light and The
Color Purple in epistolary and consecutively in chronological order,
there are similarities within the two styles, they use similar
techniques in getting across certain issues. The novels use the people
around Jeanette and Celie to convey oppression and hope.
Janet's church people and mother have found out about her "unnatural
passions" for Melanie. To them their opinion at its wrongs and
sinfulness is not opinion but fact. Thus for Janet's "own benefit"
they lock her up with no food or light, inflicting an exorcism on her.
They believe she is demon possessed and want to rid her of the evil.
In this period of confinement, Jeanette questions her sexuality and
its wrongs. She states: "Can love really belong to the demon." She
realizes that her feelings are not from external influences, but
rather from herself. - "If they want to get at my demon they'll have
to get me." She is controlled with the idea of the church, and at the
same time the naturalness she feels with the feelings: "Demons are
evil, aren't they?" She then goes on to say: "But in the Bible you
keep getting driven out." - "Don't believe all you read." This in
itself is addressing the idea of oppression from the chu...
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way to the proceedings in the novel as a whole. In The Color Purple,
we are left with Celie caring for Sofia who has been so brutally to
the ground. Sofia was imprisoned and left to face the circumstances
for standing up for what is right. She is thus a heroine in her own
right and is an example for Celie. Jeanette was imprisoned (exorcism)
and came out of it knowing that she was going to put up a fight for
her own truth and to face the circumstances.
In Oranges are Not the Only Fruit as a whole, the "Joshua" section
stands for truth and Jeanette decides to fight and this indicates the
future progression of the novel. In The Color Purple, Celie sees truth
being fought for and the result of this fight. These gives her
determination and if can fight like that, she can at least fight
against male patriarchal Oppression and her love for Slug.
Susan B. Anthony is considered a hero because, she is courageous. Susan fought against people who didn't believe that women should have the same rights as men. In addition. she created the womens right movement and got every women their rights they deserve. Another hero that is considered courageous is Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman is considered a hero because she risked her life just to find a way towards freedom. When she succeeded she helped hundreds of slaves get their freedom as
and how she was worried of what she would be in for later on that night,
her position and truly valued the fact that she was helping people and at the same time, felt that
her. “Getting strength and courage from her such spirit, Alexandra would never be defeated by
...at God’s love and desire for his children to join him in the kingdom of heaven are so great, that their immensity is incomprehensible, and that He is eager to go to boundless magnitudes to gain His children’s souls. Her infallibility to spread the views of her religion throughout A Good Man is Hard to Find indeed shows that these beliefs are ones O’Connor willed itching to be scratched by the fingers and begging to be explored by the minds of all her booklovers.
...es and legalizing abortion. Being that she was a woman and black, she risked her reputation and status as she spoke about her beliefs in which she thought would better our society. She has definitely proved herself to be a leader in not only her community but also for the American people. Her ideas have inspired many to stand up for better treatment and equality.
her. Having to go through the hardships of death, new places and family, she knew what
”Oranges are not the only fruit” is Jeanette Winterson first and most popular book. The book itself belongs to the genre semi-autobiographical, it has some elements of truth in but most of it are fiction. As the book goes along we get to follow the protagonist Jeannette who raised in a strict religious family where everything is either black or white. We get to follow Jeannette's journey where she confronts her own sexuality and struggles with her relationship with her mother and church. My thesis is; the novel oranges are not the only fruit is embracing thinking individually and not to follow others blindly.
...he trial that took her to death. She never gave up her faith and remained loyal to her country.
showed a lot of courage by doing what she did. It helps to show people
... she addressed many problems of her time in her writings. She was an inspirational person for the feminism movements. In fact, she awoke women’s awareness about their rights and freedom of choice. She was really a great woman.
As Jeanette grows up she realizes that she does not believe everything her church tells her. The thing she disagrees about the most is the sermon they had about the nature of perfection. However, she still is at her mother’s side even though she is starting to have different beliefs.
...f Bath, we see an individual who is willing to express that idea. Her courage to defy the traditional concepts as set by her peers does not intimidate her, and she boldly stands up for what she believes in, popular or not. Another strong feminist aspect to her is that she feels no need to be justified or have approval for her decisions and lifestyle. Just because she is a woman does not limit her choices in her life, and neither her gender nor her decisions make her inferior.
The color purple composed of a wonderful plot and wonderful theme to the story. Through suffering and oppression the main character Celie, put into different situations that she can’t control. For many years of her life her dream was that she would one day persevere and reach her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa. Similar to The Color Purple, Nat Turner’s Confessions in the Confessions of Nat Turner, the main character Nat experiences some similar things as did Celie with oppression and unjustly treatment for a larger several years, also with having the same goal with includes freedom and wanting better for themselves and others. The rebellion that Nat lead were over a lot of slaves to seek freedom, there were deaths
to take care of a baby because she knew what she was doing and knew