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  The Color Purple is one of the best novels I’ve ever read. I am glad that I had the opportunity to read the written work instead of solely watching the film. The novel, in my opinion, is better than the film. The film and novel are both great, but the novel grasped my attention more. I also noticed that the film left out some important scenes compared to the novel. The book also teaches many lessons and contains many important themes. What I grasped the most from the novel was a sense of self love. I admire the fact that I was able to watch Celie evolve to a stronger person who learned to love herself and maneuver through her past trauma.

  In The Color Purple , the novel and film, each share both similarities and differences. The novel was written by Alice Walker while the film was produced by Steven Steilberg. In my opinion, the film may be more of a convenience but it leaves out a lot of important scenes. The novel was very interesting, well written, and created a lot of imagery. I’ve never been able to finish the entire film due to me losing interest, but the book was interesting through out. It was nearly impossible to put the book down once reading.   As I’ve read and watched both the novel and film, Celie’s childhood trauma is about the same. In each of the novel and film, she was raped by her father and had two children. I also noticed that Celie was afraid of men in both as well. On the other hand, In the novel versus the book, Celie and Shug Avery’s relationship differ. In the novel, their relationship comes off as a clear lesbian connection,at one point, whereas the film is not as clear. In addition, Celie’s