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Changes in self (seen in "The colour purple", by Alice walker)

The characters in "The Colour Purple" all contribute to some kind of change in self, most become better people as a consequence of change.
Poor Celie, she lived an unjust life, to say the least. "The Colour Purple" documents Celie's life as well as the changes in it, of which there are many. However, there were three main changes that influenced the person Celie eventually became.

As a young, naive fourteen year old, Celie is raped by the man she and Nettie called Pa. This repeated abuse changed the way Celie thought of men, as well as the way she viewed sex. "I don't look at mens. That's the truth. I look at women t...

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