Comparison essay

Alice Walker demonstrates in her novel, hypocrisy to society to show how Celie’s point of view on other characters throughout the novel. The novel presents how Celie’s life is a difficult life to live, but for her on the other hand, her life is normal. In the beginning of the novel, Celie’s life revolves around abuse. She accepts mostly physically and sexually abuse by the men throughout her life, Celie is often mistreated by Pa and her husband, Mr.___. Celie believes though, that the people who abuse her are also the people who care about her and that is how they show their friendship towards Celie. Her abusive relationships surround her, her whole life is about mistreating her, as the novel shows when Pa, is raping her, “He start to choke me, saying you better shut up and git used to it” (Walker 2). The novel displays her life being a black women and how abuse shows dominance and control over them. For Celie though she accepts all punishment and displays very little confidence, she also does not realize it is wrong, all she believes is that people who mistreat her, do care for her. Although Celie is mistreated, she also is a slave to her husband, Mr.____. Pa sold Celie to Mr.___, as if she is an animal, she has no say or no decision on where she lives. For Celie though, she does not see it that way because Celie demonstrates being controlled by their husband is normal. She obeys Mr.___ no matter the circumstances, she believes though that Mr.____ does care for her and that being a slave to him is just how relationships work. For Mr.___ he is just the owner to Celie. As she slaves around the house, for a person that cares for her. Hypocrisy to society is demonstrated because Celie displays she will do anything just to have peop...

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...o anything at any cost to succeed. Rose show no hope towards Charlie, when she says that she “Can’t stand looking at him anymore” and that “he’s better off dead” (Keyes 129). Charlie’s mother is beginning to reject Charlie as her own child because he is not completely normal and how she does not want anything to do with him. Even though, Charlie image of his mother is a loving parent that loved her child no matter what, when Charlie grew older, his dream is to fulfil his mother’s dreams and he how one day he will make her proud of her son. Similar to Sofia and the mayor’s wife, one despises the other and the other character believes that they care for one another. In conclusion, Charlie has many different people in his life that he believes are his friends, but each character shows no friendship towards Charlie and him being mentally handicapped is the main reason.