"Talk to Mr.____, I say. He your daddy. Maybe he got some good advice" (Walker, 31)
In the story, Walker often withholds surnames and instead uses blank lines for the names of males in the story. This draws attention to male dominance and the physcological power of men in the story. Not only does she refer to Celie's husband with the omitted surname, but she also talks about men such as the Reverend that way too. Contrastingly, when Walker does not insert a blank line, she is lowering the level of power that the men have. Men such as Harpo and Gradie have less dominance over woman.
In the story, Walker often withholds surnames and instead uses blank lines for the names of males in the story. This draws attention to male dominance and the physcological power of men in the story. Not only does she refer to Celie's husband with the omitted surname, but she also talks about men such as the Reverend that way too. Contrastingly, when Walker does not insert a blank line, she is lowering the level of power that the men have. Men such as Harpo and Gradie have less dominance over woman.
hm....random words are in purple...must be some sort of code...
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