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The color purple
- The color purple is a book written by Alice Walker, a feminist African-American writer.
- This work was published in 1982, a year after she divorced Melvyn Laventhal.
- A great book that shows the self-improvement and resilience of an African-American woman.
- A year after its publication, she was the Pulitzer Prize winner of literature.
- The epistolary structure of the book makes the reader feel close and empathy with the protagonist through the letters.
- This book generated quite a bit of controversy as many people criticized the masculine image given by the book about African-American men.
- Leaving an image of abusive, sexist men.
- Alice has confessed and acknowledged that many of the characters in the book were inspired by her ancestors.
- Her parents were grandchildren of slaves and the background of slavery is throughout history.
- Minnie Tallulah, Alice Walker’s mother, was a seamstress and also engaged in domestic service.
- This could have inspired her with the character of Nettie, sister of protagonist Celie.
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