How do the male characters in the novel shape, break, or have other influence over the females?

-The novel is the The Color Purple and the pages being used are 1-125
- Must have 4 paragraphs

Male characters shape and influence women throughout the novel 'The Color Purple'.

Explanation:

The novel 'The Color Purple' by 'Alice Walker' shows a patriarchal community where men dominate women. They are oppressive and violent. So, women of the women of the society are scared of them and feel inferior and worthless.

The main character of the story "Celie" is initially abused by her stepfather and then later by her husband after her marriage. She has a unsuccessful marriage where she is treated like a slave and not loved. She is only supposed to take care of her children and obey her husband.

The male not only influence the desires of the women but also their speech.

Towards the end, Celie leave her husband, then he realizes how Celie had dedicated her life only on her family and how much he and his son relied on her in their life.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.