Comparrison of the Color Purple Book and Movie

lHaley Sullivan Think of the person who means most to you in life. Now imagine what life would be like if you never saw or heard from them again. This is what happens to Celie, the main character in the legend The Color Purple written by Alice Walker and the movie The Color purple directed by Steven Spielberg. The romance The color purple was published in 1982. The story is told through letters written by Celie to God. The only sentences outside the letters are the for the first time two You better not never tell nobody. Itd kill your mammy. The story follows Celie throughout her life starting from when she was 14.Celie is a poor black young woman from the south who is verbally physically and sexually abused by all the men in her life, mainly her father and husband. The only person she has ever left(a) truly passiond her is her sister Nettie. The two are inseparable until Nettie is forced away and never allowed to see or speak to Celie again. Celie writes letters to God becau se today that Netties gone she has no one else to talk to. She writes about Mr. ___ her husband, his family who becomes somewhat hers, and Shug Avery. Shug is Mr. ___s lover who comes to stay with Mr. ___ and Celie because she was very sick. Shug takes a strong liking to Celie and evil versa.Shug helps Celie see that she is a beautiful woman and that she isnt worthless like people in her past had made her believe. Thanks to Shugs guidance love and support Celie breaks free of the hold Mr. ___ once had on her and finally stands up for herself. The movie The Color Purple was directed by Steve Spielberg and was released in 1985. The movie remain true to the novel in only a few ways. The movie is not told through letters because that would have been too complicated to stage. In the novel you get to learn more about Netties life along with Celies, while in the movie you only see Celies side of the story.The movie uses many different aspects of film to emphasize its beauty and emotiona l feeling of the novel. For example Steven focuses a lot on color in the shooting of the film. The scenery, no matter where being piquantness, has an undertone of browns and greens. Then in significant scenes there are pops of purple or pinks to show that youre supposed to be noticing something or to emphasize what the characters are talking about. Steven Spielberg similarly uses high and low angles to show who has power during certain scenes. So whenever Mr. ___ and Celie are having a conversation Mr. __ is always shot from a low angle to show that he has power over Celie, and Celie is shot from a high angle to show that she has less power than Mr. ___. Spielberg also used numerous voice-overs in the film to narrate thoughts during moments that silence was incorporated. So from all the information and observations Ive gathered Ive decided my thesis is that, the novel The color purple written by Alice walker is better than the movie directed by Steven Spielberg. I believe this sta tement to be true because when it comes to the enlarge and complexities of the characters in the story the movie sells the book short.The movie shows the characters relations with each other to be very one sided while in the novel characters give way much deeper relationships with each other. I also liked the book better because it really allowed you to see inside Celies head. You felt the pain with her as you represent her heartfelt letters to God about her hardships and, everyone in a while, moments of supreme joy. I did appreciate the acting in the movie though. Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey were discovered because of the film.