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Alice WalkerA:“Womanist”

By:Ashley Rozier

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Background• Born in Eatonton, Georgia• Parents were sharecroppers• Leader in Civil Rights Movement• Wrote novels, short, stories, poems, and

essays• Pulitzer Prize-winner

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What Influenced Her Writings?

• Sexism• Racism• Abuse From Black Males• Life Experiences• Struggles of Black American Women

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Published in 1970Walker’s First NovelMain Character: Grange CopelandStory about black male violence and

racism over three generationIncluded sexism and abuse

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Meridian(1976) Walker’s second novel Main Character:

Meridian Hill Focused on the

struggles of a black woman during the Civil Rights Movement

This novel revamps the process a young female activist took to deal with racism and sexism

The character. Meridian, is a reflection of Alice Walker

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The Color Purple (1982) Alice’s third novel Main Character/Narrator:

Celie Walker received a Pulitzer

Prize for this novel Novel tells the story of a

young black girl, Celie, that is raped and abused by her father and husband

Celie writes letters to God for guidance on her hardships

Celie forms a bond with a woman name Shug and tells about her abuse from her husband

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The Color Purple (cont.) Shug is one of Celie’s

husband past lovers Celie is encouraged by

Shug to defend herself from her husband’s abuse

Celie decides to leave her husband, and she becomes an independent black woman

Walker encourages women to bond and form relationships in this novel

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Book of Short Stories Published in 1973 Collection of short

stories that describes the pain and abuse of thirteen black women

Focuses on issues such as gaining respect, fulfilling hard-to-achieve dreams, and obtaining life's necessities

Describes white and black relations and how women suffer, not just from the cruelty of the male sex, but from the world around them.

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Book of Short Stories (cont.)

Published in 1981 Collection of

fourteen stories that focused more on ordinary feminist

Stories describe the lives of women who are troubled but not defeated Walker’s stories were centered on issues such as abortion, pornography, rape, love, lust, and cultural thievery

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Poems Published in 1968 Various poems in

this book were influenced by Alice’s abortion and attempt to commit suicide

Describe the misery and separation of her life experiences and her involvements in the Civil Rights Movement

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Poems (cont.) Published in

2010 One of

Walker’s most current book of poetry

Addresses many topics such as family, leadership, and loss of life and wealth

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Walker is noted as the leading voice among African American women writers.

Many of her writings were criticized, but she didn’t let the criticism stop her.

Alice believed that all hardships can be defeated.

Her enlightening works are great educational tools.

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Works CitedBloom, Harold. “Alice Walker.” Themes of Alice Walker’s Writings. 24 Aug.

2008. Web 24 Feb. 2012.

Dieke, Ikenna. “Alice Walker.” The Biography of Alice Walker. 18 Jul.

2008. Web. 24 Feb. 2012.

Jackson, Melinda L. “Alice-Walker-Womanist Writer.” Historical and

Political Insight. 14 April 2009. Web. 22 Feb. 2012.

Lewis, Jone. “Alice Walker.” Women’s History. 13 March 2009. Web. 24

Feb. 2012.

Reuben, Paul P. “Chapter 10: Alice Walker.” PAL: Perspectives in

American Literature- A Research and Reference Guide. 9 Nov. 2011. Web.

22 Feb. 2012.

Walker, Alice. Hard Times Require Furious Dancing. New York: New World

Library, 2010. Print.