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This 4 page report discusses Walker's 1982 Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. The emotional, spiritual, and psychological growth of Celie is
presented along with the fact that much of her development occurs because of her exposure to strong and
courageous women. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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empathy with the primary character. The reader may not like the attitudes or the actions of that character but it is certain to have gained access to the
way the character thinks and acts the ways she does. It is also important to remember that many, if not most, of Alice Walkers works focus on the theme
of the power of women. Her short stories, poetry, non-fiction works, and novels repeatedly display what Walker feels about the ability, courage, and strengths of women. One of
the best examples of that fact is her 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. In it, the primary character, Celie is a woman who learns about
her own strength, courage, and ability as she learns to stand up for herself. Letters Addressed to God As Walker presents Celies letters, the reader understands the
depth of the girl, then the womans intelligence and heart. What happens to her -- raped by her father, one child killed another sold, married off to a brutal
widower (in part to protect her little sister, Nettie) - Walker has her make a statement early in the book that allows the reader to truly understand just how strong
she is: "It all I can do not to cry. I can make myself wood. I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. Thats how come I know trees fear
men" (Walker 22). Soon after she was awarded the Pulitzer (1983) the popular weekly "celebrity" magazine People Weekly interviewed Walker. In that interview, she explains why she told
Celies story through her letters that were: " ... written in her own language, a lyrical black folk" (85). Walker is quoted as saying that she made that decision because:
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