Rhetorical Strategies

The Color Purple Blog Number One: Rhetorical Strategies• “My mama dead… She cuss at me. I’m big. I can’t move fast enough.”(2)• “She scared. But I say I’ll take care of you. With God help.”(3)• “She say Mr. But that ain’t my daddy name. Mr.? I say. Who he?”(13)Walker uses short, staccato sentences throughout the novel. They are used not to make specific points exactly, but to show Celie’s insecurities and her primitive thought processes. She does not want to formulate long thoughts or ideas. Celie says what is on the top of her mind and does not go into deep thought about it, even with things like her mother dieing or Mr. • “Dear God,”Walker starts most of Celie’s entries this way. It shows Celie’s belief in a god, but she does not go into detail about her religious beliefs. Many bad things happen to Celie and a belief in God could help her through these things. It does seem like; however, that she blindly follows religion by what she is told by society.