Section 1 Celie’s Awakening The novel The Color Purple‚ by Alice Walker is a story about the struggle and the transformation of the protagonist Celie from a shy little girl that never stood up for herself who later on in her life developed into a strong confident and independent woman. Her awakening is due in large parts to the many female figures she met throughout her life. These figures are her sister Nettie‚ Mr.____’s sister Kate‚ Harpo’s wife Sofia‚
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Alice Walker Walker begins her essay with a story from her early childhood. By starting her essay with a positive story about her and her beauty she lays the foundation for how much her future disfigurement is going to affect every aspect of her life. Walker asks her father is she can go to the fair with him and states that she is the prettiest (“Mercury” 45). From an early age Walker knew she was beautiful. She gained much of her self-worth from her exterior beauty at this age. In the next paragraph
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Alice Walker: A New Kind of Feminist The American Voice‚ formally given its name during the 1900s‚ can be loosely defined as the way many people exercise their individual and democratic freedoms by vocalizing their opposition to societal norms and their hopes social reform. Many reform movements around the time of growing liberalism in 20th century America helped shape the American voice‚ including the civil rights and feminist movements. Many authors and intellectuals of the 20th century who spoke
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Studies in Literature Dallas‚ Tx. Alice Walker Poet‚ short story writer‚ novelist‚ essayist‚ anthologist‚ teacher‚ editor‚ publisher‚ womanist and activist‚ Alice Malsenior Walker was born at home on February 9‚ 1944‚ near Ward’s Chapel‚ a neighboring community of Eatonton‚ Georgia. She is the eighth and last child of Willie Lee Walker and Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant Walker. In 1994‚ Walker changed her middle name to Tallulah-Kate‚ in honor of her maternal great-grandmother‚ the African-Cherokee
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the actual writer. Alice Walker was born on February 9‚ 1944‚ in Eatonton‚ Georgia. She is the youngest of the eight children of Willie Lee and Minnie Walker. Her parents were poor sharecroppers who instilled in her the value of hard work. When Walker was eight‚ she was shot in the eye with a BB gun causing her to become partially blind. Although her blindness was seen as a setback‚ it allowed her to attend Spelman College on a scholarship for the handicapped. At Spelman‚ Walker became involved as
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victim is unable to control their fate. A primary example of an occurrence of fate transpired in the life of Alice Walker‚ the youngest child in an impoverished sharecropping family‚ when she was shot in her right eye with a BB gun and was forced to lie about the accident. Due to the injury‚ Walker would become blind in the right eye. For years‚ a blob left on her eye by the gun pellet forced Walker to lower her head and constantly be pestered by her classmates‚ teachers‚ and even close relatives. Six
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Alice Walker My research paper is on Alice Walker who is still living‚ at the age of 72 years old. Alice was born February 9‚ 1944 ‚ in Eatonton‚ Georgia. Alice grew up poor with her eight brothers and a single parent‚ her mother. Her mother worked as a maid to take care of them. Alice was soon injured‚ she was shot in the eye with a BB gun by one of her brothers. Alice started working as a social worker‚ teacher‚ and giving lectures as a profession. She also worked as the Black History consultant
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Alice Walker English Comp 2 Diane Rodriguez 4/19/2013 Alice Walker Trough past and modern times many Individuals have tried to find the strength and courage to speak about taboo subjects‚ like the double standard of women sexuality. Many have fail and succeed with their attempt‚ all of the coming from differ backgrounds and social standards and others were to sacred to even try. Individuals have been able to speak about
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women’s suppressed talent‚ of the artistic skills and talents that they lost because of slavery and a forced way of life. Walker builds up her arguments from historical events as well as the collective experiences of African Americans‚ including her own. She uses these experiences to back up her arguments formed from recollections of various African American characters and events. Walker points out that a great part of her mother’s and grandmothers’ lives have been suppressed because of their sad‚ dark
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Who is Alice Walker? Walker is an African-American Author‚ civil and a women’s right activist‚ born on February 9‚ 1944‚ in Eatonton‚ Georgia. Walker attended Spelman College in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ where she became involved in the civil rights movement. In 1964‚ with the assistance of Staughton Lynd‚ (a historian teacher/friend) transferred to Sarah Lawrence College. Walker is most famous for writing‚ “The Color Purple” which she won the Pulitzer award for fiction as well as the National Book award
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