June 2011

The Color Purple: Alice Walker
Extract from …You a lowdown dog is what's wrong (page 180) to you running off to
Memphis like you don't have a house to look after? (page 181).
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:
• explore the changes in the language used to convey Celie's voice and the
reactions of others to this change
• examine how Celie's voice has been shaped by the events that brought about this
change.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30

January 2011
Extract from 'Harpo want to know what to do to make Sofia mind (page 35)' to 'Keep
talking (page 35).'
Using this extract as your starting point, you should:

• explore how Walker uses the conversation with Harpo to develop Celie's voice as
  she reflects on her own marriage
• examine how the relationship between Harpo and Sofia is used to challenge
  expectations of marriage as the novel progresses.
  (AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30)

May 2010

The Color Purple: Alice Walker
Extract from Mr_______daddy show up this evening (page 52) to This 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.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30)
(Total for Question 4 = 50 marks)

January 2010

The Color Purple: Alice Walker
Extract from Saturday morning Shug put Nettie letter 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.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30)
(Total for Question 4 = 50 marks)

May 2009
The Color Purple: Alice Walker
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.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30)
(Total for Question 4 = 50 marks)

January 2009

The Color Purple: Alice Walker
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.
(AO1 = 20, AO2 = 30)
(Total for Question 4 = 50 marks)

 

 

 

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