The Color Purple The novel, The Color Purple, was written by Alice Walker in 1982. The Color Purple unleashed a storm of controversy upon its publication. Many critics said that Alice Walker focused on the sexual oppression of black women at the expense of dealing with the overall oppression of blacks. However, Walker’s novel is a complex analysis of race relations and racial identity. The novel is about Celie, a young African American woman who …showed first 75 words of 1148 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1148 total…needed to happen so the reader would understand why Celie feels the way she does. Some of the language is inappropriate, but it also needs to be there. It helps to set the tone for the story. Once again, I would recommend this to anyone, I feel like I know more about history now. It may be a fictional story, but there were many people who have felt unimportant before, black or white. (Word Count: 1140)