Introduction
The Color Purple, Alice Walker’s third novel, was published in 1982. The novel brought fame and financial success to its author. It also won her […]
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Alice Walker was born in the rural community of Eatonton, Georgia, in 1944. Most of Eatonton’s residents were tenant farmers. When she was eight years […]
Plot Summary
A First Period In The Color Purple, the story is told through letters. The only sentences outside the letters are the first two: “You better […]
Characters
A Adam Adam is Celie’s son who was adopted by the missionary Reverend Samuel and his wife, Corrine. When the Reverend and his family return […]
Themes
A Sexism Sexual relations between men and women in The Color Purple is a major theme. Alice Walker sets her story of Celie’s transformation from […]
Construction
A Point of View The Color Purple is written in the first person, and the voice is predominately Celie’s, but some of the letters that […]
Historical Perspective
A Black-White Relations in the Rural South After slavery, the social and economic relations for African Americans remained much the same. While no longer slaves, […]
Compare and Contrast
1930s: The relationship between men and women is clearly defined. Men are the breadwinners and the heads of the families. Women stay at home to […]