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They say God works in mysterious and complex ways, in ways in which mankind does not have the brain capacity to comprehend his very strategies and methods. But some social groups choose to repent this very matter, and believe that God is not meant to be understood, just worshiped. The novels; The Colour Purple, Purple Hibiscus aim to discuss this, they try to exploit the roots of true worship within communities. The Color Purple approaches this theme in a very abstract context and attempts to twist the boundaries of religious beliefs that are integrated within a society’s customs, Alice Walker targets members of the society in an exploitive stereotypical context, she does this by commenting on their actions in a negative way, a sort of social satire , that are pure examples of how God has influenced the individual, in this instance, Fonso a typical Black Man, causes the problems towards his family and community : “You gonna do what your mother, wont do”, he abuses his children, causing many mental problems to occur within Celie. There are also several problems which occur in Purple Hibiscus, when Jaja missed communion it disrupted many things: “Jaja, you didn’t go to communion today”, this causes Papa, to fling a missile across the room and crash in to the figurines which was a mental symbol of cleanliness for the mother to clean, and also inspired hope. It was a way of her expressing her hope from God.

The realisation and the acknowledgement of God is seen as a big part of socialisation and learning to connect with spiritual things. In the Color Purple, Celie fails to emancipate herself from the family in which she is forced to call home: “You better get used to it, I never get used to it”, but she believes than she can escape to another world with God, and end oppression from her patrichal family. This is in contrast to Kambili (Purple Hibiscus) who peruses equality through the obedience of her father: “it didn’t matter, because I knew that when the tea burned...