1: Extract from “He come home with a girl from round Gray” (page 6) to “I don’t bleed no more” (page 7).
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
- Explore Walker’s manipulation of Celie’s voice to trace shifts in her attitude from one letter to the next.
- Examine how these shifts are shaped by events outside the letters themselves, in the novel as a whole.
Total for question = 50 marks
2: Extract from “Mr________come finally one day looking all drug out.” (page 12) to “he say, Her cow.” (page 13)
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
- Explore how Walker’s manipulation of Celie’s voice conveys the attitudes of the men involved in this transaction.
- Examine the methods used by Walker throughout the novel to show how these male attitudes are shaped by the society in which the characters live.
3: Extract: Dear Harpo want to know what to do on page 35 to But he keep on trying on page 36
- Using this extract as your starting point, explore Walker’s use of language to capture the voices of other speakers and Celie’s use of narrative in the novel.
Total for question = 50 marks.
4: Extract from Mr__________ daddy show up this evening (page 52) to This is the closest us ever felt (page 53).
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
- Explore how Walker’s manipulation of Celie’s voice conveys attitudes towards the relationship with Shug Avery.
- Examine how the novel as a whole shows how these attitudes are shaped by the society in which the characters live.
5: Extract from Saturday morning Shug put Nettie in my lap (page 109) to She take and sling it back in the shaving box (page 110).
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
- Explore how walker’s manipulation of Celie’s voice conveys her attitude towards Mr ________ ‘s deception.
- Examine how Walker shows how this realisation has changed Celie’s perspective on relationships and the circumstances that have shaped them as the novel progresses.
Total for question = 50 marks
