Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Period 5 Discussion Questions for The Color Purple


1)   Analyze the impact of the following rhetorical choices:
a.    Epistolary
b.   Colloquialisms
c.    Unreliable narrators
d.   Multiple Audiences: God, Nettie, Celie, the readers
2)   How far will people go to protect their culture?
3)   How does time affect relationships?
4)   Should people be able to forgive anything? Does doing bad things make you bad forever? How do you earn forgiveness?
5)   What is the definition of a family? How are families made?
6)   What is it like being a woman in a sexist society? What pushes people to stand up to power? What is the role of self-confidence and strength in standing up to power? What is the impact on society of women being empowered?
7)   Should you let the people who love you the most be free?
8)   Is it possible to love the wrong way?
9)   How do people’s pasts affect their decision making? How does trauma affect people? How can people overcome trauma?
10)                 Why do some people have to fight and struggle while others find life easy?

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