Women's Issues in Alice Walker's the Color Purple
School year: Upper 6th
No. of pages 168
Published: 2011
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"The Color Purple," written by Alice Walker, is a powerful narrative that follows the life of Celie, an African American woman in the early 20th century South. Through her letters, Celie documents her struggles with oppression, abuse, and sexism, as she seeks to find her own identity and voice. The story highlights her relationships with other women, including her sister Nettie and the strong, independent Shug Avery, who inspire her to reclaim her self-worth. Ultimately, "The Color Purple" is a tale of resilience, sisterhood, and the transformative power of love and empowerment against adversity. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book is part of a book series called Social Issues in Literature .
This book is aimed at children in year 13.
This book has been graded for interest at 15-17 years.
There are 168 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2011 by Cengage Gale .
CLAUDIA DURST JOHNSON is Professor of English at the University of Alabama, where she chaired the English Department for 12 years. She is the author of the forthcoming volumes in the Greenwood Press Literature in Context series, Understanding the Scarlet Letter and Understanding Huckleberry Finn . She is also author of To Kill a Mockingbird: Threatening Boundaries (1994), American Actress. Perspective on the Nineteenth Century (1984), (with Vernon E. Johnson) Memoirs of the Nineteenth-Century Theatre (Greenwood, 1982), The Productive Tension of Hawthorne's Art (1981), and (with Henry Jacobs) An Annotated Bibliography of Shakespearean Burlesques, Parodies, and Travesties (1976), as well as numerous articles on American literature.
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