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The Color Purple

  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 husband, Mr._, is referred as such throughout the novel until Shug refers to him as Albert, in contrast, he is referred to as Albert throughout the film. This is ironic due to the film taking away an underlying message that  lied between her and her husband. 

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