Essay Archive - Theme and Summary of The Color Purple
Theme and Summary of The Color Purple
The theme of Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple isn’t hard to figure out. This novel is devoted to bring into light the mistreatment of blacks, espically black women. The book seemed to also focus on sexual issues such as incest and sexual abuse.
A lot of the story of the novel was based on the personal expieriences of Alice Walker, growing up in the south as an uneducated and abused child. This novel like many other of Alices works was intended to inspire black woman to stand up for their rights. Celie, t....
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