Sunday, September 30, 2018
Setting
The setting of my book, "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker has not yet been confirmed, but I am assuming it is in the rural south. The book is mainly about a young girl named Celie and her experiences as an young African American who is a slave and gets sexually abused by older men. The time frame the book is set in I believe is the 1930's to the 1940's. The language in the book proves how it's taken place down south and in the earlier 1900's because the twang and accent on words are spoken give off that southern tone and also poor education. For example when Celie says, "My little sister Nettie is got a boyfriend in the same shape almost as Pa"(Walker4). The grammar is as if a toddler was speaking. During the early 1900's education wasn't top notch, especially down south. What also proves the southern setting is how Celie's journals is "Dear God." Down south especially religion was and still is a very big priority. Celie is writing a diary almost, but it isn't "dear me" or "dear diary," its "dear god" and it's as if she writes confessions. Also when Celie says, "But I just say, never mine, never mine, long as I can spell G-o-d I got somebody along"(Walker17). Celie doesn't care that one day she can be buried as long as she can spell God and be close to him thats keeps her mind at piece about it. It shows how devoted she is to her religion and God, that thought of death doesn't scare her much because she can still be with God. The language in the book influences the setting in the deep south because it depicts religion focus, southern twang, and uneducated grammar. So far I've read 40 pages.
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ReplyDeleteI think the blog was very informative and I like how you used context clues to infer things such as the setting. You knew in the 1930's-1940's, religion, and uneducated grammar were highly influenced. I like how you used those topics to help support your reasoning for thinking the setting takes place in the south. For example you used examples such as, "My little sister Nettie is got a boyfriend in the same shape almost as Pa"(Walker4) and "But I just say, never mine, never mine, long as I can spell G-o-d I got somebody along"(Walker17) to help show how religion was so important and how uneducated they are. The topic of the story really caught my eye and it made me interested because that storyline can go in multiple directions. For example, Celie could escape being sexually abused by the older men or she might have to live with being abused until she dies. The blog was well written, informative, and neat. The picture I found very engaging because it was made evident that the picture was a house in the south. I know this because the grass and fields are very dry due to the amount of sun exposure and the girl is wearing clothes that cover her from the sun. If I could prove this blog in any way, it would be by adding more pictures to help show what you are talking about.
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