The_Color_Purple_By_Alice_Walker

The Color Purple By Alice Walker “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker is a novel that is written in letterforms. In the novel Alice Walker writes about several ideas, such as courage, friendship, and independence. “The Color Purple” is told through the eyes of a fourteen year old girl named Celie, who is repeatedly raped and impregnated by her stepfather. What does the color “purple” symbolize ' Why did Alice Walker title her novel the “The Color Purple”' The color “purple” is an important symbol because it concern the life of young Celie and the pains and sorrows she lives through. Alice Walker’s novel concerns the life of a woman through her life. “Alice Malsenior Walker was born on February 9, 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, the eighth and youngest child of Minnie Tallulah Grant Walker and Willie Lee Walker” (Jackson). In 1982 Alice finished her novel "The Color Purple." “The Color Purple” is not like most novels. Writing the novel in letterform Alice Walker does not write a lot about the characters, the setting, celie, walker, purple, novel, color, alice, nettie, life, young, writes, through, girl, about, writing, write, wanted, sister, raped, loves, letters, georgia, feels, characters, because, always, youngest, younger, years, year, written, woman, willie, wife, whom