Sophia and Harper married for the first time to do a family war deserted, plates and mirrors have been broken, curtains torn to pieces, all of the causes is because Harper wanted Let Sophia become submissive and don't always make her own claim. Sophia Butler is beautiful, smart, and strong. The most important thing is that she has the spirit to refuse to bow. She has always been as aggressive as a brave army. However, when her beloved husband hit her for the first time, she was more sad than angry: she had been fighting all her life, fighting with her father, fighting with her brothers, fighting with cousins, uncles and uncles. A girl is not safe in a house ruled by a man. What made her sad was that she didn't expect to have to fight in her own home.
For a long time in the development of human civilization, men have occupied the power and position in society. They make laws, maintain order, rule the country, and even wage wars. Women are just graceful embellishments or glimpses or flashes of inspiration on the stage of history. In many literary works, men use money, power, and status to stage a fight again and again, while women spend more on youth and beauty, and these are just for looking back on men. The invisible shackles for a long time put them in the window of the social stage to "display auction", and neither happiness nor sorrow can be controlled by themselves. In October 1847, "Jane Eyre" was published and released. Charlotte Bronte’s heroine was no longer charming and weak. She was poor, short, dark, and stubborn. Unlike other love stories with disparity in status, she did not Blindly indulging in the vortex of love, but pursuing equality with one's head held high, whether in life or emotional. The ruthlessness of her aunt made her know how to resist, the hardship of the orphanage made her know how to endure, the ridicule and contempt of the noble ladies made her know how to maintain her dignity, and the concealment and strength of Mr. Rochester made her abandon her handy happiness and set foot on the thorns to pursue love in love. equality. Although as early as 1789, French female dramatists had begun the prelude to fighting for women's power, but "Jane Eyre" was an enlightenment novel that awakened many women's independent consciousness. Alice Walker, the African-American female writer, just loves this book. In 1982, she wrote the sensational "Purple", which escaped the pain and hatred caused by exposing racial discrimination in previous black novels, and focused on the family relationship between black men and women and the oppression of patriarchy. In many places, this novel has been influenced by the female writer Zola Neil Houston who was born at the end of the eighteenth century. His work "They Eyes Looking at God" tells the story of a black woman, Jenny, as a woman, fighting for the basic power and dignity of a person in a patriarchal society. In the first few years, the novel was shelved for "lack of racial protest and struggle views", and it was not until the feminist movement in the 1970s that it was given due praise. The enthusiasm for protesting racial contradictions gradually faded, and people began to explore the culture and worldview of their own ethnic group. The blacks in Houston's works do not feel depressed and painful because of their dark skin. They enjoy the joy of work and have to face the disasters in life. Compared with the tragic experience of the heroine Celie in "The Purple", Jenny has a "quiet and happy" life. She has married Logan who owns the land and the mayor Joe Starks who has made a fortune. Run away in this life envied by others. Because two men either use her as a tool for venting or for others It is an accessory to show off. She can't talk to others and express her own opinions. This is the invisible chain that the society put on women at that time. Alice Walker also wrote in the book, "Who wants a husband to know everything she knows about his wife?" A woman is just a tool for childbirth, and the greatest ideal of life is to marry a husband and take care of it faithfully and diligently. Home. The power given to men by history is an invisible soft whip that domesticates women's dreams. Jenny left Logan because Joe Starks longed for a change in life, which made her see her dying dream again; she left Joe Starks again because he was stuck on like a giant wheel. Her inner vitality and mental violence choked her heart again and again. In the end, she met the impoverished Weber Wuci (nicknamed Sweet Dessert), whose love and understanding brought her back to life again. But even if he loves her so much, the sweet dessert that is willing to work hard for her will still beat her, not for anger, but to show her status as the head of the family by beating her. Like the other two men, he believes in his heart that he is dedicated to Jenny, so Jenny will unconditionally depend on him.
This is the crux of society being ruled by men for a long time, and it is the imprint of everyone's life. Brave and independent women use time, blood and tears, perseverance, love, and life to fight against destiny.
Second, violets bloom in the chimney
Maya Angelou • ( "I know why the caged bird sings"), • Toni Morrison ( "The Bluest Eye") and Zora Neale • • Hao Princeton ( "Their Eyes Were Watching God ") These influential black women writers all talked about a social problem that cannot be ignored in their novels, namely, that black women were raped and the criminals were of different identities: mother's boyfriend, father, school teacher. The colder reality is that the rapists have not been punished or even blamed. Most women's reactions to this encounter are mostly to remain silent, let the shame slowly cut a hole in their hearts, life is still going on, life is the most important thing, and the rest can be buried.
(1) Celie
movie "The Color Purple" (The Color Purple, 1985) ( based on the novel adaptation of Alice Walker •) opening soon, Celie to usher in a painful birth, when she was fourteen years old, gave birth to Stepfather's child. The stepfather sold the baby and threatened Celie, "You'd better never tell anyone except God." So she can only confide her annoying life and incomprehensible thoughts to God, who never writes back. She seldom mentioned the names of men in her narration, and replaced them with "Mr.", "Dad" or "He". Deep down in her heart, these men do not have names. At the same time, this expression also revealed her. There was a deep fear in my heart, as if the names of those men could hurt her. The beating, scolding and assault by her stepfather made her lose her ability to bear children, and it also made her resist all men and did not dare to squint at them. Later, he married her to Albert like a junk.
Albert didn't treat her as a human being, and when she was not as good as the mud on the ground, he thought she was ugly and stupid, but she was a bit more manly at work. Celie is the stepfather's bargaining chip, her husband is in the eyes of waste, and the adopted children do not take her seriously, no matter how gentle she treats them, they will not love her and respect her like a mother. The only person who loves her is Nie Di, her smart and beautiful sister. Netty taught her how to read, taught her everything she thought she needed to know, and only after she had knowledge can she escape from this magic cave. But Celie's head always seems not very bright, not because of what the man said about being stupid, but because of the heavy work that made her unable to use her brain. Netty always said: "You should fight! You should fight!" But Celie doesn't know how to fight. She only knows: "To live." She is like a hard-working mule. "(Albert) issues an order and immediately jumps up to execute it. He is not good at hitting his child, but he will hit her, no matter who is at fault. As he said: "Wife is like a child, you have to let her know who is powerful. There is no other way than to beat her up." This statement is exactly the same as the sweet dessert idea in "They See God". They may be educated differently and live in different environments, but their attitude towards women's violent rule is surprisingly consistent.
(2) Sophia
Celie's stepson Harper and his wife Sophia are typical tragedies caused by a violent rule by a husband. Sophia is a good woman, hardworking and capable, and she never refuses as long as Harper makes a legitimate request. She is not selfish, hateful, jealous, she loves Harper very much. But Harper refuses to live a peaceful life, and insists on Sophia, who has a staunch personality, to be as well-behaved as a watchdog. Sophia was finally tired of it, tired of Harper insisting on making her obedient, hitting her like a tame animal. She left with her child, full of resentment, she met the mayor and his wife. They rejected the mayor’s wife’s unreasonable request face to face, and fisted at the mayor’s absurd accusations. Like Harper, they took her away as a human being. dignity. The next result was naturally bitter for all viewers: a group of strong white men surrounded Sophia. She was isolated and helpless. Although she was strong and brave, she was no match for the siege of so many men and the weight of social prejudice. Pressure, so many people formed a cage to hold her tightly. When I saw her again, she had lost her anger, like an undead walking out of hell. One of her glasses was blinded, and the blue silk on her head was stained with hoarfrost. The mayor's wife once again let her come to the house as a servant with a savior's look, inhumanly separating her from her relatives. The mayor’s wife represents the power in society, and Harper represents the power in the family. Although the degrees are different, they all hope that Sophia will be obedient and be grateful for her little "favor".
(3) • Shug Avi years - the queen bees
first time that "Sir" name is Albert or from the mouth of Shug, she is the breath of the people and convey the "queen bee", singing beautiful, brilliant; she She is also a notorious bad woman. Even her biological father is unwilling to admit her. Everyone suspects that her child was born to a different man. Celie was fascinated by the pictures of her laughing unscrupulously for the first time. And the first sentence that Sage saw Celie turned out to be "You are really ugly!" Frank and without any malice, he giggled like a roar in his sick body. She is a weak kitten with paws in her mouth, throwing Albert's hard-to-cook food everywhere, and yelling at him if she is dissatisfied. She is a veritable queen, Albert does not have a trace of arrogance in the past, and is completely a soldier who only wants to please the queen.
Slowly you will discover that those men are not hard-hearted and inhumane. Even Albert would defy his father's wishes in order to protect Sage. In this regard, the relationship between him and Celie is unprecedentedly unified-they both love Sage. In the movie, Sage is more like Celie's intimate sister, the enlightenment teacher leading to an equal world. In the novel, the love between them is the love between women-Celie is often jealous because she sleeps with "Mr.". She wants to taste the taste of her fingers, kisses her lips, and kisses her until she can't kiss anymore. kiss. She not only made Celie discover her own value and beauty, but also made Celie get love. For this arrangement in the original work, it is inevitable that there is a feminist taste. Many feminists believe that in a patriarchal society, only women can support and rely on each other. In many novels, women have their own loyal same-sex partners. Some more radical people think that only love between women can be truly equal. However, looking at Celie's repressed emotional life, this development is not far-fetched. The sexual assault and assault of her stepfather made her fear men. From the day she was barren, she cut off a part of a woman, that is, the possibility of falling in love with a man. She only dared to look at women, and Sage was so beautiful, so different, and incompatible with all the society that oppressed her. After meeting Sage, Celie rushed out of her own small world for the first time and thought of the world. Sage gave her emotions that she couldn't even think of, awakened the sleeping dreams in her body, and made her want to escape the family for the first time. At that time, she thought that her sister Neidi was dead, and Sage became all her emotional sustenance. She needs love, and Sage gives her love. Sometimes, love is that simple.
In order to make the movie more acceptable to the public, director Spielberg added more warmth and interesting details to the movie, such as sisters Celie playing in a sunflower field, and Albert seeing Sage's funny performance like a clown. The film also makes the love between Celie and Sage even more ambiguous, and it does not elaborate on the origin of African society in the original work. The ending of the film is more dramatic and more complete. It can be said to be a kind of beautification, or it can be said to be a good expectation.
Women drifting in different parts of society have one emotion that is the same, that is loneliness. It is a kind of loneliness for blacks to be abandoned by society, and when the family has to abandon women, the kind of loneliness that has nowhere to shelter allows them to find solace between each other. Sage said, “If you walk across the field and don’t notice a purple patch, God will lose your temper.” Purple is quiet and contradictory, a combination of warm red and sad blue. Solitude is the violet that represents eternal beauty, Celie’s kindness, Nedi’s intelligence, Sophia’s bravery, and Sage’s beauty. If you pass by them and don’t look back, look at the purple in the dark chimneys at the bottom of society. , Even God will sigh for it.
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