The Color Purple Alice Walker Entry 1 "You better not never tell nobody but God. It'd kill your mammy." Alice Walker, the author of The Color Purple, begins her novel with an ambiguous threat. A fairly powerful, yet unexplained, quote begins a very powerful novel. Before opening this book, I had no idea how it was written or what it was about, I chose it solely by recommendation. I soon noticed that the whole story was …showed first 75 words of 880 total…

…showed last 75 words of 880 total…being tormented by poverty, racism, and sexism. Worst of all, she contains all of it inside at first and still fails open up for the most part of the story. However, maintaining herself, she finally does unlock and express her love. Unfortunately, Celie concludes the novel expressing her overdue happiness, along with her old age. Nevertheless, the final words from Nettie are, "Matter of fact, I think this is the youngest us ever felt. Amen"