Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Text-To-Text Connection
The Color Purple Blog Number Four: Text ConnectionA text-to-text connection can be made between The Color Purple and the anonymously authored Go Ask Alice. This is the story of a young girl who starts using and is eventually destroyed by drugs. The reason I think of it is because it is about a young, troubled girl and written in diary form. The girl’s struggle with drugs could be compared to Celie’s struggle with the men in her life. It is written in common language, often using slang and poor grammar. However, in Alice, the main character dies in the end, while Celie does not. Before she dies, though, she feels like she has changed such that Celie did.
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I like how you drew a connection between two people who, at first glance, don't seem to be related. Your analysis goes to show that the struggles people endure and must go through have not changed throughout the ages; people still must overcome there problems and try to move on with there lives. Although Alice and Celie come from different backrounds and time periods, they still have similar lives. Celie must overcome the abuse afflicted on her and Alice must beat the addiction that she has developed for drugs. Two completely different people can find something they have in common by examining the struggles they have endured.
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