Stephen Spielberg’s tragic drama was based on a banned book

One of my favorite novels is “very loud insulation” for Bohumil Hrabal, and it contains a line I think every time I read something new: “My bag is full of books and expects them to tell me things about myself that I do not know.” Because while the act of reading inward looking at the words of another person on a printed page, the wonderful writing has the ability to expand the individual’s mind and his perspective in almost boundless directions. Bringing and burning books has an opposite effect, which leads to closing things and depriving others of freedom to explore ideas and make their own minds.

Unfortunately, the controversial act in controlling books in the United States has a long and unfortunate history to reach a return to the first European settlers on the continent. One of the first examples was William Pinchon, “the Microshas price of our recovery” from 1650, which was considered by the Puritanian leaders heretical and burned in New England, and he left four known copies except in existence. After two centuries, the “Cousin Tom” cabin from Harright Bishr Sto faced a similar treatment in the states where books that condemn slavery were banned. Throughout the twentieth century, some big names also fell from censorship, including “Goodbye to the weapon” in Ernest Hemingway and Ann Frank, “The notes of a little girl.” Now, the book prohibiting again a controversial issue in our current political climate. Since 2021, about 16,000 titles have been monitored in schools, including the best -selling books such as “The Perks of Being Wallflower”, “The Khaled Hosseini” The Kite Runner, and the most infection of everything, the “The Handmaid’s Tale”.

Separation numbers, monetary praise, and prizes are only a little protection from those who want to reduce our reading habits. This was definitely the case with Alice Walker, which was adapted in a tragic drama by Stephen Spielberg in 1985. Walker’s novel was successful with critics and became the best -selling books, where you will get the Politzer Award for imagination and made the author the first black woman to receive the award in that category. It has also become one of the most banned novels in the United States, starting with an attempt to withdraw it from the shelves of textbooks in the year that has previously released Spielberg. Let’s take a closer look at the movie and how it stands.

“The Color Purple” is a drama that spans about 40 years in the life of Seopi Goldberg, a black and troubled black woman who lives in Georgia’s countryside. We meet her first when she was a young teenager (Distreta Jackson plays in her previous years) because she gives birth to her second child by her abusive father. It gives both children away, as he surrenders Celly to Albert “Mister” Johnson (Danny Glove), a local farmer who reduces them and offends its treatment as a home server. The beloved sister of Sili, Niti (Aconua Bossia), joins for a short period at Johnson’s house, but escapes when Mister tries to force himself.

Years later, Sili came sadly to accept her at home, not loved by a master and his children from his previous marriage. I also gave up all the hope of seeing Nettie again, which is supposed to be dead. Then the son of Mister Harbo (Williad Bug) marries Sofia (Oprah Winfrey), a fierce woman who has no morals about fighting against home abuse and encourages Ciley to do the same. Ciley cannot calm the courage, however, and Sofia Harbo leaves and takes children with her.

Things take a turn with the arrival of Shug Avery (Margaret Avery), a girl and a Mister friend at some point, suffers from a disease. Celly nurses flourish until she becomes better again and forms a strong bond, announcing a sexual relationship in the book to a gentle kiss here. SHUG requires Celly to disappear with Memphis, but again unable to find the will of the will to move away from Mister.

Sofia is then imprisoned because the white mayor beaten in response to racist offense and is released after 12 years, and broken and just for his previous self. SHGG returns with her new husband and hand Celie is a message from Nettie. They discover together that Mister hides her mail for a long time, and her sister is alive and in good health. What’s more, Nettie knows the location of my children Celly, who were transferred from it when she was very small.

“The Color Purple” was published from Alice Walker for the first time in 1982, in the same year as another book Take a long and winding way to the big screen: “Shendler”. Spielberg was postponed by presenting a copy of the award -winning Thomas Kenel’s Boker’s Bookir, until it was mature enough to achieve justice. His novel from “purple color” proves that the postponement of the “Schindler” was the right choice.

Spielberg is often criticized because of emotion, and those tendencies contradict the dark elements of Walker’s famous novel. The film still touches on the thug, sexual assault, home abuse, and racism, but Spielberg often replaces them by vast comedy. Its shy treatment of the material is gathered with the Cquitus Jones Chloing and the picturesque cinema Alan Davu to bury the tragedies of Sili’s life under the layers of Shamzz.

After saying this, the “purple color” is still working despite the sharing of Sillberg. This is due to the power of survival in the tale of Walker and some distinguished offers, especially from Goldberg, such as Celly. It was a mockery of gambling with almost a movie experience in this role, but Goldberg provides a captivating image of a persecuted woman who was able to keep her feeling of dignity and quiet entertainment over many years of slavery and insult. Nearly well is Winfrey in her first movie, as she dominates every moment from her limited screen time like Sofia; Meanwhile, AVEY radiates self -confidence and mercy as leaders. All the three women with the pleasure of the Academy Award nominations, carrying the story on their shoulders to the healing end (which could have been happier if Spielberg did not not draw the difficulties and heartache that the characters went through to get there).

In general, the “purple color” is a great pent -up image, but it is very flawed by the creators’ approach. But though He received the criticism of SpielbergThe film was a box office success, and helped consolidate the Walker heritage. For all the challenges of censorship, Walker’s novel remains one of the best books of America, as it inspired my music in 2005 and Goodwy 2023 films Based on theater production. Bohmil Harabal also wrote, “If the book has anything he says, it is burning with a quiet laugh, because any book that deserves salt refers to itself.”