'Look at you. You black, you pore, you ugly, you a woman. Goddam he say, you nothing at all'. What are the major themes of the novel The Color Purple?

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3. 'Look at you. You black, you pore, you ugly, you a woman. Goddam he say, you nothing at all'. What are the major themes of the novel The Color Purple?

The Color Purple, written by Alice Walker, details the life of an African American girl called Celie, who narrates her life story through letters that she writes to God. The major themes of The Color Purple are the importance of sisterhood, the presence of racial tensions, and the irrelevance of religion.

The female characters in The Color Purple are seen as only objects to men, stranded in a male dominated world, that they are unable to retaliate against. This male domination stems from the desire of black men to have authority in a white dominated world, and this desire is carried out on the women. The best way for women to survive in this world is to stick together and to band together as sisters. Sisterhood is the love, support and guidance that women provide each other. There are many examples of sisterhood in the novel. The most important case of sisterhood in the novel is the relationship between Celie and Shug Avery. Although the first time