Sweet comes running out of the bushes and says that a White Devil was hiding there and pinched her.

A Young Man tosses books to the ground saying that even books cannot tell them how to overcome the White Devils because the books were written by the White Devils. The Young Us's say that they have been told all of their life to work hard, but it has gotten them nowhere. They can see the purple flower at the top of the hill. An Old Us joins the group, beating on a drum while the other Us's stand up and begin to dance. His daughter and son, Sweet and Finest Blood, volunteer to talk at the meeting. The Us's decide to have a meeting to discuss how to get up the hill but Average complains that talking will not accomplish anything. However, after two hundred years of slavery, the White Devils have still deemed them unworthy and they realize they have got nowhere. An Old Lady claims that the 'Leader' told them if they work hard enough for the White Devils, they can prove themselves. The Us's discuss their dreams of finally getting to see the purple flower. The play begins in the evening as the Us's listen to the White Devils singing on the hillside, they are singing to the Us's to stay where they are. They spend their time figuring out how to get back up the hill while the White Devils try to keep them away, the White Devils do not want the Us's living amongst them.

The Us's worked to build the town on the hill but are forced to live in the valley below, treated as outsiders. The White Devils live on the hill where the purple flower of life grows. The Us's- 'Either as white as the white devils, brown as the earth, or as black as the center of the poppy.'.Artful creatures with specific and intricate movements and actions. Sundry White Devils- Angel-like beings, except for their glowing red horns.This play was never performed in Bonner's lifetime. This play is an allegory for racism and sexism against black women.

The Purple Flower was first published in The Crisis in 1928. She became an important literary figure in the Harlem Renaissance era which is the root of her writing inspiration. She had short stories and essays published in Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life and The Crisis magazine. Bonner was born on June 16, 1899, in Boston, Massachusetts. Not set in any specific place or time, it is a metaphor for racial issues in the U.S. The Purple Flower by Marita Bonner, is a one-act play typically considered to be Bonner's masterpiece. 1928 play by Marita Bonner The Purple Flower

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