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Alice Walker was a talented writer who found ways to reflect on her personal experiences and obstacles that she faced throughout the course of her life. She was often victimized through racism and sexism. After all, living as an African American woman in the South during the Civil Rights Movement was flawed. Yet, in spite of her circumstances, she became an author, a poet, and a Civil Rights Activist. A recurring theme in Walker’s works is the victimization of African American women through…

Alice Walker accomplished many achievements during her lifetime. She won the Rosenthal Award of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, received the Fred Cody Award for lifetime achievement in 1990, and was inducted into the California Hall of Fame in 2006 (African American Poets). Most of her short stories expressed the struggles of black women and their lives in a racist, sexist, and violent society (Poem Hunter). “To Hell with Dying” was published when she was just twenty-three years old.…

The short story written by Alice Munro, "How I Met My Husband", takes place in Canada in the 1950s. Edie, who is the main character of the story, is a live in housekeeper for the Peebles. Mr. and Mrs. Peebles purchased a rather large home right outside the city limits across from the old fair grounds. While Edie was brought up to lead a simple lifestyle one could say she has come jealousy directed towards Mrs. Peebles by the way she judgmentally talks about the finer things within the…

Lewis Carroll, boarded a boat to Oxford with some people to enjoy afternoon tea on the river bank. One of Lewis’s friends, Harry Liddell, had three daughters with him: Edith, Alice and Lorina. (REF) The three young girls wanted to hear a story so Lewis, being very creative, came up with a short tale about a girl named Alice and her journey through a whimsical world. This story later became known as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. What was the main inspiration behind this tale of a girl going…

Throughout the three novels.. Alice and Wonderland , The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , & Heart of Darkness , each of the main characters that took place in all three novels discover the “real world” by entering the unreal/surreal world. All three novels take place during the Victorian era , The early Victorian era marked the arrival of a large middle-class society for the first time in the history of the Western world. The literature of the Victorian age entered a new period after the…

The film, The Color Purple, by Alice Walker is a decent case on how over the years ladies have been making noteworthy steps towards making progress, acknowledgment and equality. Another common issues in this motion picture is the various sexual experiences Celie has to experience which speaks to ladies around the word. From the day they started their closeness to each other, gaining solidarity which they never fully used to get in advance of their amazing objective. Their specific objective was…

Alice Walker’s The Color Purple explores feminism in a low class environment, the importance of religion, and power structures within race and sex. Although this novel was published in 1982, and set in the time periods 1910-1940, the themes are still relevant to today. During these years, Celie becomes obsessed over Shug. Even though all Celie has is a picture, she lives off of that and hearing stories. Soon Shug comes to Albert’s place due to a sickness and Celie is left in charge to take care…

The Color Purple was written by prize- winning African American novelist and poet, Alice Walker. Published in 1982, Walker portrayed the love woman could have for each other, and the men who abuse them. As the main character, Celie grows and becomes more of a woman then she thought she could ever be. Alice Walker in The Color Purple uses author, historical perspective, symbolism, quotations and characters and most importantly themes to reflect on what the common African American experiences in…

The Color Purple by Alice Walker, is a book about a protagonist named Celie were she starts at the age of 14 years old and as time passes she progresses in age. Celie came from an abusive home where she has 3 childrens with her father. After Celie’s mom died, her abusive cruel father basically forced her to marry and specific man named Albert. Albert has three kids already before even marrying Celie, and the oldest child is named Harpo. Celie didn’t like living in Harpo’s home at all until…

In Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington, Alice Bliss is a teenage girl who goes through the regular day struggles in the life of a teenage girl. But once the war comes along, her father, Matt Bliss, decides that it is his duty to go into the war and serve the country. This may seem like a good thing to do in his perspective but for his family, it was one of the worst things that could have happened to them. Alice has a strong connection with her father so to have him leave in this time to something…