Important Themes from The Color Purple Alice Walker's The Color Purple, published in 1982, tells the story of Celie, a Black woman whose journey toward self-realization and growth as a person is filled with many joyous moments, as well as, many moments of tragedy and abuse. According to Dale and John Reed, authors of 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the South, Southern writers display several characteristics in their writing (Reed and Reed). The most important characteristics …showed first 75 words of 1381 total…

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