The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Alice Walker, published 1982
Epistolary novel: Celie (14 to 44)
Letters: Celie to God (God?), Celie to Nettie: Why the shift?
1st page: Look at the "I am"
Non-grammatical speech implies...? (no education, taken out of school, called a liar)
Family = fear, not security
Organize the characters or list them from least to most important:
Alfonso
Corrine
Olivia
Albert
Nettie
Samuel
Shug
Tashi
Mr. ________
Celie
Harpo
Henrietta
Sofia
Mary Agnes
Adam
Grady
Odessa