The Color Purple

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Does the dog die?
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Are animals abused?
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piercer
Celie is raped onscreen on the first page at age 14. It is brief but explicit.
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Does an animal die?
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Mention of a black eye, but nothing that could be called mutilation.
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Women are beaten and abused, but not in a way that's presented as a spectacle to the reader.
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Abuse
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A lot of domestic abuse throughout. Parents beat children, husbands beat wives, in one case a wife beats her husband.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Physical and sexual abuse.
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Addiction
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MeredithReady
It’s implied that someone is going through withdrawals while detoxing
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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Does a cat die?
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Assault
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piercer
Yes DEFINITELY onscreen, within the first page.
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Bodily Harm
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A character contemplates slitting another character's throat while shaving him. Nothing actually happens though.
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Is someone burned alive?
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aksiznerfgun
In the middle portions of the book, a character is in Africa, where female genital mutilation is a common practice.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Several parental deaths, including a young child's father dying.
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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In the book, Celie would comment on how she would get sick
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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Prejudice
Are there usages of the n-word?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Some calls one of the characters a fat n-word
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Father with daughter. He impregnates her twice and gives her babies away.
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Several characters are believed to have drowned but turn out to be okay.
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Is there blood/gore?
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