Alice Malsenior Walker is an American writer who was born in a poor family and now has a book that is an American classic. She used her experiences to help her write the majority of her work, the most famous being, The Color Purple. Walker had a BB gun accident when she was a child and it impacted her life tremendously and gave her opportunities to go to college where she was influenced to become a writer. Her writing style belongs to the Contemporary or Postmodern era of literature that is based off of experiences the authors have been through and boundaries between either men versus women or blacks versus whites. Alice Walker is a Contemporary Literature writer and was actively involved in the Civil Rights Movement that inspired her book,
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Walker was the youngest of eight children born to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant Walker (Boyd et. al.). Alice Walker changed her middle name in 1994 from Malsenior to Tallulah-Kate in honor of her mother and grandmother (Boyd et.al.). Even though the Walker family was poor, but they greatly cared for one another. “Her family also nurtured Walker’s artistic aspirations, which included painting and music along with writing” (Boyd et.al.). In 1952, when Walker was eight years old she was “playing cowboys and Indians with her older brothers Curtis and Bobby, Curtis accidently shot Walker in the eye with a BB gun” (Boyd et.al.). The accident left Walker blind in her right eye (Boyd et.al.). “Physiologically, Walker grew more introspective, contenting with feelings of sadness, alienation, and betrayal” (Boyd …show more content…
She went to middle school at East Putnam Consolidated and attended high school at “the only school open to blacks in segregated Eatonton, Butler-Baker High, graduating in 1961 as class valedictorian” (Boyd et. al.). Her blindness from her BB gun accident gave her the opportunity to go to Spelman College in Atlanta with a scholarship for handicapped (Magill). Walker became good friends with two teachers at Spelman, Howard Zinn and Staughton Lynd (Boyd et.al.). “With the assistance of Lynd, Walker transferred to Sarah Lawrence College in 1964” (Boyd et.al.). This is where her commitment to become a writer started, with the influence of her teachers “in particular the social philosopher Helen Lynd (mother of Staughton Lynd) and poets Jane Cooper and Muriel Rukeyser (Boyd et.al.). She always had a good relationship with her mother and father, but when she became involved with Civil Rights and feminist movements, the relationship with her father became strained but the relationship with her mother stayed strong (Magill). “After graduating from Sarah Lawrence in 1965, Walker accepted a position with New York City Department of Welfare” (Boyd et.al.). She moved to Jackson, Mississippi a year later and worked with the Legal Defense Fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Boyd et.al.). Walker worked with blacks that were removed from their homes. “Walker met Melvyn
Walker was the youngest of eight children born to Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant Walker (Boyd et. al.). Alice Walker changed her middle name in 1994 from Malsenior to Tallulah-Kate in honor of her mother and grandmother (Boyd et.al.). Even though the Walker family was poor, but they greatly cared for one another. “Her family also nurtured Walker’s artistic aspirations, which included painting and music along with writing” (Boyd et.al.). In 1952, when Walker was eight years old she was “playing cowboys and Indians with her older brothers Curtis and Bobby, Curtis accidently shot Walker in the eye with a BB gun” (Boyd et.al.). The accident left Walker blind in her right eye (Boyd et.al.). “Physiologically, Walker grew more introspective, contenting with feelings of sadness, alienation, and betrayal” (Boyd …show more content…
She went to middle school at East Putnam Consolidated and attended high school at “the only school open to blacks in segregated Eatonton, Butler-Baker High, graduating in 1961 as class valedictorian” (Boyd et. al.). Her blindness from her BB gun accident gave her the opportunity to go to Spelman College in Atlanta with a scholarship for handicapped (Magill). Walker became good friends with two teachers at Spelman, Howard Zinn and Staughton Lynd (Boyd et.al.). “With the assistance of Lynd, Walker transferred to Sarah Lawrence College in 1964” (Boyd et.al.). This is where her commitment to become a writer started, with the influence of her teachers “in particular the social philosopher Helen Lynd (mother of Staughton Lynd) and poets Jane Cooper and Muriel Rukeyser (Boyd et.al.). She always had a good relationship with her mother and father, but when she became involved with Civil Rights and feminist movements, the relationship with her father became strained but the relationship with her mother stayed strong (Magill). “After graduating from Sarah Lawrence in 1965, Walker accepted a position with New York City Department of Welfare” (Boyd et.al.). She moved to Jackson, Mississippi a year later and worked with the Legal Defense Fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Boyd et.al.). Walker worked with blacks that were removed from their homes. “Walker met Melvyn