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AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN’S

STRUGGLE TO GAIN
INDEPENDENCE REFLECTED IN
CELIE, THE MAIN CHARACTER
OF ALICE WALKER’S THE
COLOR PURPLE

By: Nur Lailatin Azizah


INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study

Afro-Americans’ difficult life Slavery and discrimination

as a Black
1. Discrimination from
Afro-American women Whites
as a woman 2. Domestic oppression
from Afro American
men’s patriarchal mind
 Literary works (Tony Morison’s Beloved, Harriet
Jacob’s Narrative Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl,
Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, and others)
 Alice Walker’s The Color Purple

Afro-American woman’s
Celie
struggle to gain her independence
Research Problems
Objectives of the Study
1. How does Celie reflect 1. To describe how Celie
the condition of Afro reflects the condition
American women in of Afro American
American society? women in American
2. How does Celie as an society.
Afro American woman 2. To describe the
struggle to gain her struggle of Celie as an
independence? Afro American woman
to gain her
independence.
REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURE
Feminism
Afro-American women’s life
The Background of the Novel
 The historical background of The Color Purple
 Author’s literary career
RESEARCH METHODS
Type of Research
Qualitative research by textual analysis
Data Source
The Novel written by Alice Walker, The Color Purple,
published in 1982 by Washington Square Press, USA.
Data Collection
As Endraswara stated, that the data collection in literary
research could be done by close reading (2003, p. 162)
Credibility and Dependability
Credibility : - Evidence Based on Consensus
- Evidence Based on Theoretical Adequacy
Dependability : Audit Trail and Code Recoding Strategy

Data Analysis
Organizing, summarizing, interpreting the data
ANALYSIS
Condition of Afro-American women’s Society
Reflected in Walker’s The Color Purple

The condition of Afro-American


Celie
women in American society
Celie in Patriarchal family
Celie faces discrimination from Whites
 Childhood Incest  Her family is one of
 Physical Abuse the victim of
 Loneliness Lynching
 Her step daughter
 Forced to marry
in law’s
with widowed
farmer with three imprisonment
children
The Struggle of Afro-American Woman to
Gain Independence.

Independence

 The relation between Celie and her sister, Nettie


 The relation between Celie and her daughter in
law, Sofia
 The relation between Celie and Shug Avery
The Importance of Identity
 Identity is the individual
characteristic by which a
thing or person is
recognized or known.
 Black women’s work, Success
family experiences, and
community will lead them
to search an identity
 Celie finds her identity as a
woman and as usefull
member of her community
CONCLUSION
 As a woman, Celie suffers a lot from male
characters’ oppression and underestimation. She
experiences a very dreadful life
 As a Black, Celie is discriminated by Whites. It is
showed how her family as a victim of Lynching
 Her success of being independent is influenced by
her good relationship among women in her society.
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