Oppression has been present in our world for thousands of years. Individuals have used many aspects of literature to show how oppressions has played a part in their life. For example, there are songs that illustrate the oppression that many African American individuals have to face growing up in a society that judge them on their skin color. Literature is a way for authors to inform the world about the difficulties individuals have to face when they are oppressed. One piece of literature that shows the difficulties an oppressed individual has to face is The Color Purple by Alicia Walker. This book is about two sister who are separated at a young age and throughout are loyal to each other not matter what the difficulties they have faced. However, even though that it is the background the author gives about the book, there is so much more going on. In this book, the readers see examples of oppression, privilege, racism, and the denial of receiving social and economic justice. The author did an amazing job of sucking readers into the book and allowing them to feel the emotions that the protagonist felt through every difficult moment of her life. The book is emotional, raw, and uplifting from the beginning to the end. The reader is going through the journey of life with the main character, reading the ups and the downs that she has to go through to finally be at peace with herself.
