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3. • Born in Eatonton, Georgia
• Parents were sharecroppers
• Leader in Civil Rights Movement
• Wrote novels, short, stories, poems, and
essays
• Pulitzer Prize-winner
4. What Influenced Her Writings?
• Sexism
• Racism
• Abuse From Black Males
• Life Experiences
• Struggles of Black American Women
5. Published in 1970
Walker’s First Novel
Main Character: Grange Copeland
Story about black male violence and
racism over three generation
Included sexism and abuse
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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,
11. 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
12. Poems (cont.)
Published in
2010
One of
Walker’s most
current book
of poetry
Addresses
many topics
such as
family, leader
13. 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
14. Works Cited
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Lewis, Jone. “Alice Walker.” Women’s History. 13 March 2009. Web. 24
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Reuben, Paul P. “Chapter 10: Alice Walker.” PAL: Perspectives in
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Walker, Alice. Hard Times Require Furious Dancing. New York: New World
Library, 2010. Print.