Personal Review

The Color Purple Blog Number Five: Personal Review This novel was really interesting. I haven’t read anything like it before. Its really like a normal AP lang. book that we would read because of the social importance and the rhetorical strategies and everything, but it feels modern and almost like a movie because of some of the content. Very raw… Some of the scenes depicted, with word choice and all, are not some that you would see in such a respected and culturally revered novel. The diary format is slightly unique, it is not completely unseen, but still more unseen than not. I liked that about the novel. I think that it made it an easier read and more interesting to follow. It also has the effect of portraying certain feelings of rawness (if that’s a word..) and also uncertain immaturity. A diary is something commonly thought of as a little girl’s and this is reflected in Celie’s character. The novel did get confusing sometimes, though; sometimes in what was trying to be said and sometimes in the actual plot. I feel like I would mix up the characters sometimes, especially the male characters. The omission of Mr.’s name was confusing and, I feel, gets in the way of the plot and the message of the novel. I think that it could have been just as effective if Walker had included a name.