Alice Walker Research Paper
Alice Walker
English Comp 2
Diane Rodriguez
4/19/2013
Alice Walker
Trough past and modern times many Individuals have tried to find the strength and courage to speak about taboo subjects, like the double standard of women sexuality. Many have fail and succeed with their attempt, all of the coming from differ backgrounds and social standards and others were to sacred to even try. Individuals have been able to speak about the matter but have not reach the success of one writer like Alice Walker. Alice Walker, a 20th Century opinionated, women activist writer who had experiences on the “doubled standard” of not just African American but any women sexuality, wrote …show more content…
novels, short stories, and poems on women rights. Coming from such a small rural family, who will think that Walker will become one of most controversial and respected African-American novelists of all time? Her third novel “The Colored Purple” one of her most controversial novel talks about the sexual abuse that many women go through unfortunately her critics view was a negative portal of black men. Her works are still powerful and are read thought High school and College level Education.
Alice walker was born on February 9, 1944 in Eaton, Georgia. Her parent’s names were Minnie Lou Grant Walker and Lee Walker, Walker was born last of World War 2 as a member of the baby boom generation. Walker was the last child of eight children .Walker was loved by her family and adored by the community. When walker was a baby she won a church contest for the most beautiful baby. Walker describes her early childhood as a time of freedom and a time when she felt beautiful and affirmed. Walker parents had little money but they were better conditions when Walker was born especially since before there were times where it was hard to feed their children. Walker’s father was a famer who made his living as a sharecropper. Walker’s mother like most African American women during the rural south 19th century time , work many jobs to help provide for her family. The children in walker family including walker consisted of three girls and five boys. Walker was particularly adored by her older brother and sister, Bill and Ruth. Ruth was nearly seven years older than Walker but was a mother figure to walker during the early years of Walker life . Walker was always considered bright and her family encouraged her to purse her creative impulses. One day of the age of eight Alice was playing with her brothers Curtis and Robert and unintentional shot from one of her brother’s bb guns got into Alice eye resulting in permanent blindness. After her accident, Alice 's grades plummeted. Because of the noticeable scar in her right eye, she became an easy target for the other children in her school who teased her mercilessly. Alice personality changed significantly. The once out-going girl who loved to speak in front of crowds, became withdrawn and introverted. Because she is teased by her classmates, Alice became deeply ashamed of herself and began to believe that she was ugly. When people would look at her face, she would quickly turn away or look down. She refused to look other people directly in the eye for fear that they might stare back at her and see only her scar.(Gillespie 1-19). In 1961 because of her eye accident Walker received a scholarship to attend Spelman College, a historic college Black institution dedicated to educating future African-American women. During her time in Spelman walker became activist. On a bus trip to Atlanta that her community pay for Walker inspired by Martin Luther King and others, on purpose Walker sat in front of bus which was not allowed in 1960 and was forced to move but I Think that incident started her activism. Walker was an active participant in the fight for Civil Rights in the state of Georgia. Alice stood on the lawn of Trevor-Arnett Library, where she listened to the speeches of young civil rights leaders such as John Lewis and Julian Bond speak out against the practices of segregation. Alice also marched in a variety of demonstrations. The summer after her freshman year at Spelman, Alice traveled abroad to Helsinki, Finland for World Youth Peace Festival.
The trip was funded by African-American churches. She also participated in the March on Washington in front of the Lincoln Memorial where the famous "I Have a Dream Speech" was given. Walker was an Unfortunately Spelman didn’t support walker activism. In 1963 Walker accepted an scholarship she had been awarded to attend the liberal arts institution, Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. In 1964, she traveled to the continent of Africa, where Alice spent a summer as an exchange student in the country of Uganda. In senior year of college walker discover that she was pregnant. Walker became very worried about what her friend and family will think especially since so many of them work so hard to support her to attend and college and earn an degree .Walker looked for a doctor to perform an abortion for her, but couldn’t . For three days, Walker could not sleep or eat. She slept with a razor underneath her pillow and Thought about suicide. Even though Walker thought about suicide before the desire to kill herself increase when she found she was pregnant t because she could handle telling her parents. Finally she revealed her secret to some friends and one of them found …show more content…
a doctor and walker had the abortion. After the abortion, Alice slipped into a deep depression. After graduation, Alice spent the summer in Liberty County, Georgia where she helped to initiate the welfare rights movement. She went door to door to registering voters in the African-American community. Her work with the neediest citizens in the state helped her to see the impact of poverty on the relationships between Black men and women. Whenever she found some free time, Alice sat down and continued to write. She moved to New York City where she worked for the welfare department. She was awarded her first writing grant in 1966. She had wanted to go to Africa to write, but decided against it and went down to Mississippi. There she met a civil rights attorney, Melvyn Leventhal who was supportive of her writing and her love for nature. They married on March 17, 1967 in New York. her husband left New York City to return to live in the state of Mississippi. They became the first legally married interracial couple of the state. While her husband fought school desecration in the courts, Walker worked as a history consultant for the Friends of the Children Mississippi Head Start Program. The conditions they lived in were extremely dangerous. Since there was still a great deal of racial prejudice in the state against African-Americans and because her husband was working adamantly in the courts to dismantle the laws barring desegregation, animosity against the couple ran high. While the couple lived in Mississippi, she and her husband would have to sleep with a gun under their beds late at night just for protection. Before The birth of her daughter Rebecca in 1969, walker had A miscarriage because of her stress in the civil rights movement and death of so many African American civil rights leader (Dani, Living by grace).
My favorite book from Walker is “The Colored Purple” a book about two sisters who go through horrible situations like sexually raped and married off and sister who also receive abuse from her husband and her children were robbed. I love book Because of the inner message how women in slavery time had no right and were treated horrible but with of these going on in their lives. These sisters still have faith in the lord. I admired that because lot situations like these people would blame the lord and lose faith, because they fell that they can’t trust anyone. Other novels included, “Meridian” “ The Temple of My Familiar”, Possessing the Secret of Joy” and “By the Light of My Father 's Smile”. Walker’s essay book collections included “In Search of Our Mother 's Gardens”, “Living By the World”, “The Same River Twice” and “Anything We Love Can Be Saved”. My favorite essay that I read “Everyday Use “ it about a girl who learns how it important it is to learn about heritage , In the essay She talks about a family quit and how she hurt that her mom didn’t of her. I love this essay because it so real we forget how we all came to be. Walker r’s poetry collection includes “ One :Poems ,Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems.”, “Goodnight, Willie Lee, I 'll See You in the Morning” ,”Horses Make the Landscape More Beautiful” and “Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Collected Poems”.(“Everyday Use” 913-920) (Walker, “The Colored Purple”).
Beside her family background, life experiences s like her eye accident, abortion, marriage and her critics. Alice had many writing influences for example there were Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Jean Toomer, Elechi Ahmadi, Bessie Head, Camara Laye ,Okot p 'Bitek, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte ,Kate Chopin, Simone de Beauvoir Existentialist ,Doris Lessing, William Faulk and Flannery O 'Connor, Dostoevsky , Gogol ,Gorky ,Tolstoy ,Turgenev ,Smoke. The came her Poetic Influences that were ,E.E. Cummings ,Emily Dickinson ,Robert Graves Claudius the God ,Li Po (Li Bai) ,Ovid, William and Carlos Williams . I think that why her work is so interesting because she take her own life and examples of other to create her stories which make them so real. (New Georgia Encyclopedia).
Alice walker have many fans who admired and love her work just liken in Blooms Modern Critical Views many critics like Thadious M. Davis Barbara Christian And Bell Hook fell that walker is honest and fearful because of the of topics that she chose to talk about are so personal and subjects that certain members in society don’t like to talk about. Unfortunately not everyone loved walker works. “In Her First Novel The Third Life of Grange Copeland”., her novel centered around the effects of economic, political and social powerlessness upon the lives of Grange and Brownfield Copeland. Alice received criticism for her depiction of the African-American male characters in the book. The critics viewed the negative characterizations of the men as being exaggerated. Her second reviewed positive reviews and really help to put her name out there. In her third novel, The Colored Purple Walker received harsh criticism mostly African American. They believed that novel portrayed black men in negative stereotypical fashion as abusers and rapists. They though a lot of them didn’t even read the book completely. (Bloom 10-21). Like the book “The Color Purple” movie was criticized. Protests against the movie were held in front of the theatres showing the film. Many called her "traitor," "liar," and "whore," for the images portrayed in her movie. Possessing the secret joy was a book that walker talked about female genital mutilation which is an operation that is practiced mainly on the continents of Middle East, Asia, and Africa, in order to ensure a girl 's virginity or purity before marriage. Walker was against because it denied women the right of her sexuality and was life threating. Critic’s believed that walker should have not things that she didn’t know and she was criticizing their culture. What I loved walker even though the criticism that she received from her writings was harsh especially sometimes coming from her own race no matter how hurt she felt, she stand for what she thought was right and fair and continue be voice for so many people that were not able to speak for them themselves .In one her blogs walker talks to prime minster in behalf of a Israel women who, is fighting to get her citizenship and walker in a letter defends her and tells the prime minster that she doesn’t deserve the treatment that she is getting and ask to grant her citizenship (To whom it may concern: With Special Attention to The Prime Minster, Attorney General and speaker of the Knesset in Israel, Alicegardens.com). Walker have had fought what she believe in and because of this she hasn’t gotten a lot of love from people but it hasn’t stop walker from what she believe in. In interview with Mile O’Brien talks about one of her books and discussed how she dealt with her critics by stating that a lot of people have very low self-esteem and don’t know how to deal with it so they try put others down and that she can’t not stop speaking about what she believe for them. (Books Show Lessons from Ancient People, Cnn.com) In other Interview Walker talks about how it important it to talk about the topics like sex and other taboo subjects that our society wants to hide because if we do maybe our crime rate will be less because people will be able to defend themselves with a little knowledge.(“An Interview with Alice Walker”. blackfemale.com
Walker has served as a bold and dynamic inspiration to people from all walks of life. Because she has loudly protested as an activist against the boundaries that societies have used to exclude and restrict the progress of women and people of color worldwide, Walker has served as a shining example. Her work has been credited by writers, such as Pearl Cleage, author of the book, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, as being an inspiration. On the Oprah Winfrey Show, Cleage said Walker 's writing as encouraging her to be brave in their writing and artistic expression. Walker also has her major works in museums all over the country. Also walker is read by people all over ages and a lot high school and college literature teachers use it in classrooms to show students how far a person can come
Walker is one of my favorite writers. Her writing has significantly influenced the way I see society and view myself as a woman. She has inspired me to stare beyond society 's so-called conventional dictates and to look within myself to find the answers I need to live by. Many women today are afraid to live free or enjoy thing because they are to scare of what society things for example an teenager who has beaned rape and scare of what are going to see if she gets abortion or a women who works while their partner stays home that they are bad wife because she doesn’t take care of her husband needs these are all examples that I fell that we should not judge or care. I fell that Walker is brave women and I admired her passion to fight for what she believe in. I also having a disability like Walker I have been able to become a successful person that is why I chose walker.
Alice Walker, a 20th Century opinionated, women activist writer who had experiences on the “doubled standard” of not just African American but any women sexuality, wrote novels, short stories, and poems on women rights.
Walker had many hard ships in life but has been able to overcome with dignity and pride. Walker is women who came from a very poor family and is now one of the famous African American writers of today from books all way to producing movies Walker has become such important women figure to young ladies to follow their dreams and that anything is possible when you try hard. Also follow your hearts no matter how much people are bring you down because in end your success will be worth
it.
Annotated Bibliography on Alice Walker
“Alice Walker”. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Feb 03 2013. http://www. biography.com/people/Alice-walker. This source is a biography about Alice Walker life and Writings that include synopsis, early life, early works, The Color Purple Recent Works and personal life. I didn’t like the source because it didn’t have a lot if precise clear detail information. I like hoe it was broken into sections so the meaning is clear. It really didn’t have a lot on her personal life and just about her works. “Alice Walker”. New Georgia Encyclopedia. Web. 2008. This source is a biography for Alice walker in an online encyclopedia. I though source was a little brief but it had important information on her books and influences, and awards. While I was reading it I found some of the information interesting, since an encyclopedia I fell that it was little too short it included more information about her childhood and family life. Over all I thought the site was useful for my research paper especially to research the difficult subjects. Bloom, Harold. Bloom’s Modern Critical Views on Alice Walker. Philadelphia: Chelsea Publishers, 1989. Print. This book is about reviews on Alice works from several critics. I found this book very interesting because each critic has their view and also have passages from each work that they critic. This book was helpful because critics are very detail with their reviews. Even though they found help I didn’t agreed with some of the reviews because Alice Walker is a great role model not just for African women but all women in this society. Gillespie, Carmen. Companion to Alice Walker: A Literary Reference to her life and work. New York: Facts on File in.., 2011. Print. This source is a book on Alice Walker that contains, as short biography on walker, entries on major works, entries on related people, places and topics, such as feminism and a list of awards of Alice Walker. I thought this book was amazing because of the format of the book was very clear and did have helpful information on her personal life for example childhood etc. and detail information on her work. Dani, Chris ed. “Living by Grace: The Life and Times Of Alice Walker ‘’. Tripod, Apr 1999. Web. 28. Apr.2013. This source was a website that a person created on Alice Walker. it include everything that you need to know on Alice walker from her bio, works , personal , awards , college life, reviews from critics , her writing influences , fun fact, famous quotations and much more . I love this site because it was very helpful for my research and it one site that I was able to get the information that I need to complete my work. Many of sites didn’t go in detail and this one did and it presented in clear from where I was able to understand it. Walker Alice. Interview, “An Interview with Alice Walker.” Blackflim.com. Mar.2003. Web In is interview with Alice walker and talks about what walker did about her movie that colored people. In this interview took about how she got the idea for the movie and explains the whole process of it and what it took to make this movie a reality, she was talks about the actors who played in movie. She was talks how she dealt with her harsh critics and even though it caused a little pain she said she has no hard feelings and defends herself. I chose this source because I feel it is important to show how passionate e walker was to get point cross.
Walker, Alice. Interview, “Books Show Lessons from Ancient People.” Cnn.com Mar.11 Web. In this interview with Miles O’Brien walker talks about her book that she had which was By the Light of My Father 's Smile. I like this source in the interview she explains why talking about sexuality is an important thing and people should no sham again she talks about her critics and said that she is not going to care what think which I enjoy and I agree with sexuality is nature think and because we don’t discuss crimes are being committed.
Walker ,Alice . “Everyday Use”. Literature and ourselves. 6th Edition. Day, Bill , Henderson, Gloria, Higgins Ann, and Waller. New York: Person Education, Inc., 2009 913-920. Print. This essay is about a girl who grow up really not caring about her mom or her sister or her culture but when she went to college then she realized how import her culture is. She takes seriously to the point that she wants a family quilt that her mom has. I think the is essay it like my family because between me and my sister I have always been the one who was interested in where I come from and my sister hasn’t until recently.
Walker, Alice. “To whom it may concern: With Special Attention to The Prime Minster, Attorney General and speaker of the Knesset in Israel”. Alice Walker Gardens. Np. 10 Nov. This source is a blog that comes from Alice Walker own Website it fill with bogs, poems and source more from the Alice walker. In this blog Alice is fighting for an Israel women so she can get Israel citizenship. I chose this site it shows how walker defends what she believes in and does not care what people think especially it for human being rights. It just proves from my point about how far she will go through no matter the consequences.
English Comp 2
Diane Rodriguez
4/19/2013
Alice Walker
Trough past and modern times many Individuals have tried to find the strength and courage to speak about taboo subjects, like the double standard of women sexuality. Many have fail and succeed with their attempt, all of the coming from differ backgrounds and social standards and others were to sacred to even try. Individuals have been able to speak about the matter but have not reach the success of one writer like Alice Walker. Alice Walker, a 20th Century opinionated, women activist writer who had experiences on the “doubled standard” of not just African American but any women sexuality, wrote …show more content…
novels, short stories, and poems on women rights. Coming from such a small rural family, who will think that Walker will become one of most controversial and respected African-American novelists of all time? Her third novel “The Colored Purple” one of her most controversial novel talks about the sexual abuse that many women go through unfortunately her critics view was a negative portal of black men. Her works are still powerful and are read thought High school and College level Education.
Alice walker was born on February 9, 1944 in Eaton, Georgia. Her parent’s names were Minnie Lou Grant Walker and Lee Walker, Walker was born last of World War 2 as a member of the baby boom generation. Walker was the last child of eight children .Walker was loved by her family and adored by the community. When walker was a baby she won a church contest for the most beautiful baby. Walker describes her early childhood as a time of freedom and a time when she felt beautiful and affirmed. Walker parents had little money but they were better conditions when Walker was born especially since before there were times where it was hard to feed their children. Walker’s father was a famer who made his living as a sharecropper. Walker’s mother like most African American women during the rural south 19th century time , work many jobs to help provide for her family. The children in walker family including walker consisted of three girls and five boys. Walker was particularly adored by her older brother and sister, Bill and Ruth. Ruth was nearly seven years older than Walker but was a mother figure to walker during the early years of Walker life . Walker was always considered bright and her family encouraged her to purse her creative impulses. One day of the age of eight Alice was playing with her brothers Curtis and Robert and unintentional shot from one of her brother’s bb guns got into Alice eye resulting in permanent blindness. After her accident, Alice 's grades plummeted. Because of the noticeable scar in her right eye, she became an easy target for the other children in her school who teased her mercilessly. Alice personality changed significantly. The once out-going girl who loved to speak in front of crowds, became withdrawn and introverted. Because she is teased by her classmates, Alice became deeply ashamed of herself and began to believe that she was ugly. When people would look at her face, she would quickly turn away or look down. She refused to look other people directly in the eye for fear that they might stare back at her and see only her scar.(Gillespie 1-19). In 1961 because of her eye accident Walker received a scholarship to attend Spelman College, a historic college Black institution dedicated to educating future African-American women. During her time in Spelman walker became activist. On a bus trip to Atlanta that her community pay for Walker inspired by Martin Luther King and others, on purpose Walker sat in front of bus which was not allowed in 1960 and was forced to move but I Think that incident started her activism. Walker was an active participant in the fight for Civil Rights in the state of Georgia. Alice stood on the lawn of Trevor-Arnett Library, where she listened to the speeches of young civil rights leaders such as John Lewis and Julian Bond speak out against the practices of segregation. Alice also marched in a variety of demonstrations. The summer after her freshman year at Spelman, Alice traveled abroad to Helsinki, Finland for World Youth Peace Festival.
The trip was funded by African-American churches. She also participated in the March on Washington in front of the Lincoln Memorial where the famous "I Have a Dream Speech" was given. Walker was an Unfortunately Spelman didn’t support walker activism. In 1963 Walker accepted an scholarship she had been awarded to attend the liberal arts institution, Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. In 1964, she traveled to the continent of Africa, where Alice spent a summer as an exchange student in the country of Uganda. In senior year of college walker discover that she was pregnant. Walker became very worried about what her friend and family will think especially since so many of them work so hard to support her to attend and college and earn an degree .Walker looked for a doctor to perform an abortion for her, but couldn’t . For three days, Walker could not sleep or eat. She slept with a razor underneath her pillow and Thought about suicide. Even though Walker thought about suicide before the desire to kill herself increase when she found she was pregnant t because she could handle telling her parents. Finally she revealed her secret to some friends and one of them found …show more content…
a doctor and walker had the abortion. After the abortion, Alice slipped into a deep depression. After graduation, Alice spent the summer in Liberty County, Georgia where she helped to initiate the welfare rights movement. She went door to door to registering voters in the African-American community. Her work with the neediest citizens in the state helped her to see the impact of poverty on the relationships between Black men and women. Whenever she found some free time, Alice sat down and continued to write. She moved to New York City where she worked for the welfare department. She was awarded her first writing grant in 1966. She had wanted to go to Africa to write, but decided against it and went down to Mississippi. There she met a civil rights attorney, Melvyn Leventhal who was supportive of her writing and her love for nature. They married on March 17, 1967 in New York. her husband left New York City to return to live in the state of Mississippi. They became the first legally married interracial couple of the state. While her husband fought school desecration in the courts, Walker worked as a history consultant for the Friends of the Children Mississippi Head Start Program. The conditions they lived in were extremely dangerous. Since there was still a great deal of racial prejudice in the state against African-Americans and because her husband was working adamantly in the courts to dismantle the laws barring desegregation, animosity against the couple ran high. While the couple lived in Mississippi, she and her husband would have to sleep with a gun under their beds late at night just for protection. Before The birth of her daughter Rebecca in 1969, walker had A miscarriage because of her stress in the civil rights movement and death of so many African American civil rights leader (Dani, Living by grace).
My favorite book from Walker is “The Colored Purple” a book about two sisters who go through horrible situations like sexually raped and married off and sister who also receive abuse from her husband and her children were robbed. I love book Because of the inner message how women in slavery time had no right and were treated horrible but with of these going on in their lives. These sisters still have faith in the lord. I admired that because lot situations like these people would blame the lord and lose faith, because they fell that they can’t trust anyone. Other novels included, “Meridian” “ The Temple of My Familiar”, Possessing the Secret of Joy” and “By the Light of My Father 's Smile”. Walker’s essay book collections included “In Search of Our Mother 's Gardens”, “Living By the World”, “The Same River Twice” and “Anything We Love Can Be Saved”. My favorite essay that I read “Everyday Use “ it about a girl who learns how it important it is to learn about heritage , In the essay She talks about a family quit and how she hurt that her mom didn’t of her. I love this essay because it so real we forget how we all came to be. Walker r’s poetry collection includes “ One :Poems ,Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems.”, “Goodnight, Willie Lee, I 'll See You in the Morning” ,”Horses Make the Landscape More Beautiful” and “Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Collected Poems”.(“Everyday Use” 913-920) (Walker, “The Colored Purple”).
Beside her family background, life experiences s like her eye accident, abortion, marriage and her critics. Alice had many writing influences for example there were Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Jean Toomer, Elechi Ahmadi, Bessie Head, Camara Laye ,Okot p 'Bitek, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte ,Kate Chopin, Simone de Beauvoir Existentialist ,Doris Lessing, William Faulk and Flannery O 'Connor, Dostoevsky , Gogol ,Gorky ,Tolstoy ,Turgenev ,Smoke. The came her Poetic Influences that were ,E.E. Cummings ,Emily Dickinson ,Robert Graves Claudius the God ,Li Po (Li Bai) ,Ovid, William and Carlos Williams . I think that why her work is so interesting because she take her own life and examples of other to create her stories which make them so real. (New Georgia Encyclopedia).
Alice walker have many fans who admired and love her work just liken in Blooms Modern Critical Views many critics like Thadious M. Davis Barbara Christian And Bell Hook fell that walker is honest and fearful because of the of topics that she chose to talk about are so personal and subjects that certain members in society don’t like to talk about. Unfortunately not everyone loved walker works. “In Her First Novel The Third Life of Grange Copeland”., her novel centered around the effects of economic, political and social powerlessness upon the lives of Grange and Brownfield Copeland. Alice received criticism for her depiction of the African-American male characters in the book. The critics viewed the negative characterizations of the men as being exaggerated. Her second reviewed positive reviews and really help to put her name out there. In her third novel, The Colored Purple Walker received harsh criticism mostly African American. They believed that novel portrayed black men in negative stereotypical fashion as abusers and rapists. They though a lot of them didn’t even read the book completely. (Bloom 10-21). Like the book “The Color Purple” movie was criticized. Protests against the movie were held in front of the theatres showing the film. Many called her "traitor," "liar," and "whore," for the images portrayed in her movie. Possessing the secret joy was a book that walker talked about female genital mutilation which is an operation that is practiced mainly on the continents of Middle East, Asia, and Africa, in order to ensure a girl 's virginity or purity before marriage. Walker was against because it denied women the right of her sexuality and was life threating. Critic’s believed that walker should have not things that she didn’t know and she was criticizing their culture. What I loved walker even though the criticism that she received from her writings was harsh especially sometimes coming from her own race no matter how hurt she felt, she stand for what she thought was right and fair and continue be voice for so many people that were not able to speak for them themselves .In one her blogs walker talks to prime minster in behalf of a Israel women who, is fighting to get her citizenship and walker in a letter defends her and tells the prime minster that she doesn’t deserve the treatment that she is getting and ask to grant her citizenship (To whom it may concern: With Special Attention to The Prime Minster, Attorney General and speaker of the Knesset in Israel, Alicegardens.com). Walker have had fought what she believe in and because of this she hasn’t gotten a lot of love from people but it hasn’t stop walker from what she believe in. In interview with Mile O’Brien talks about one of her books and discussed how she dealt with her critics by stating that a lot of people have very low self-esteem and don’t know how to deal with it so they try put others down and that she can’t not stop speaking about what she believe for them. (Books Show Lessons from Ancient People, Cnn.com) In other Interview Walker talks about how it important it to talk about the topics like sex and other taboo subjects that our society wants to hide because if we do maybe our crime rate will be less because people will be able to defend themselves with a little knowledge.(“An Interview with Alice Walker”. blackfemale.com
Walker has served as a bold and dynamic inspiration to people from all walks of life. Because she has loudly protested as an activist against the boundaries that societies have used to exclude and restrict the progress of women and people of color worldwide, Walker has served as a shining example. Her work has been credited by writers, such as Pearl Cleage, author of the book, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, as being an inspiration. On the Oprah Winfrey Show, Cleage said Walker 's writing as encouraging her to be brave in their writing and artistic expression. Walker also has her major works in museums all over the country. Also walker is read by people all over ages and a lot high school and college literature teachers use it in classrooms to show students how far a person can come
Walker is one of my favorite writers. Her writing has significantly influenced the way I see society and view myself as a woman. She has inspired me to stare beyond society 's so-called conventional dictates and to look within myself to find the answers I need to live by. Many women today are afraid to live free or enjoy thing because they are to scare of what society things for example an teenager who has beaned rape and scare of what are going to see if she gets abortion or a women who works while their partner stays home that they are bad wife because she doesn’t take care of her husband needs these are all examples that I fell that we should not judge or care. I fell that Walker is brave women and I admired her passion to fight for what she believe in. I also having a disability like Walker I have been able to become a successful person that is why I chose walker.
Alice Walker, a 20th Century opinionated, women activist writer who had experiences on the “doubled standard” of not just African American but any women sexuality, wrote novels, short stories, and poems on women rights.
Walker had many hard ships in life but has been able to overcome with dignity and pride. Walker is women who came from a very poor family and is now one of the famous African American writers of today from books all way to producing movies Walker has become such important women figure to young ladies to follow their dreams and that anything is possible when you try hard. Also follow your hearts no matter how much people are bring you down because in end your success will be worth
it.
Annotated Bibliography on Alice Walker
“Alice Walker”. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Feb 03 2013. http://www. biography.com/people/Alice-walker. This source is a biography about Alice Walker life and Writings that include synopsis, early life, early works, The Color Purple Recent Works and personal life. I didn’t like the source because it didn’t have a lot if precise clear detail information. I like hoe it was broken into sections so the meaning is clear. It really didn’t have a lot on her personal life and just about her works. “Alice Walker”. New Georgia Encyclopedia. Web. 2008. This source is a biography for Alice walker in an online encyclopedia. I though source was a little brief but it had important information on her books and influences, and awards. While I was reading it I found some of the information interesting, since an encyclopedia I fell that it was little too short it included more information about her childhood and family life. Over all I thought the site was useful for my research paper especially to research the difficult subjects. Bloom, Harold. Bloom’s Modern Critical Views on Alice Walker. Philadelphia: Chelsea Publishers, 1989. Print. This book is about reviews on Alice works from several critics. I found this book very interesting because each critic has their view and also have passages from each work that they critic. This book was helpful because critics are very detail with their reviews. Even though they found help I didn’t agreed with some of the reviews because Alice Walker is a great role model not just for African women but all women in this society. Gillespie, Carmen. Companion to Alice Walker: A Literary Reference to her life and work. New York: Facts on File in.., 2011. Print. This source is a book on Alice Walker that contains, as short biography on walker, entries on major works, entries on related people, places and topics, such as feminism and a list of awards of Alice Walker. I thought this book was amazing because of the format of the book was very clear and did have helpful information on her personal life for example childhood etc. and detail information on her work. Dani, Chris ed. “Living by Grace: The Life and Times Of Alice Walker ‘’. Tripod, Apr 1999. Web. 28. Apr.2013. This source was a website that a person created on Alice Walker. it include everything that you need to know on Alice walker from her bio, works , personal , awards , college life, reviews from critics , her writing influences , fun fact, famous quotations and much more . I love this site because it was very helpful for my research and it one site that I was able to get the information that I need to complete my work. Many of sites didn’t go in detail and this one did and it presented in clear from where I was able to understand it. Walker Alice. Interview, “An Interview with Alice Walker.” Blackflim.com. Mar.2003. Web In is interview with Alice walker and talks about what walker did about her movie that colored people. In this interview took about how she got the idea for the movie and explains the whole process of it and what it took to make this movie a reality, she was talks about the actors who played in movie. She was talks how she dealt with her harsh critics and even though it caused a little pain she said she has no hard feelings and defends herself. I chose this source because I feel it is important to show how passionate e walker was to get point cross.
Walker, Alice. Interview, “Books Show Lessons from Ancient People.” Cnn.com Mar.11 Web. In this interview with Miles O’Brien walker talks about her book that she had which was By the Light of My Father 's Smile. I like this source in the interview she explains why talking about sexuality is an important thing and people should no sham again she talks about her critics and said that she is not going to care what think which I enjoy and I agree with sexuality is nature think and because we don’t discuss crimes are being committed.
Walker ,Alice . “Everyday Use”. Literature and ourselves. 6th Edition. Day, Bill , Henderson, Gloria, Higgins Ann, and Waller. New York: Person Education, Inc., 2009 913-920. Print. This essay is about a girl who grow up really not caring about her mom or her sister or her culture but when she went to college then she realized how import her culture is. She takes seriously to the point that she wants a family quilt that her mom has. I think the is essay it like my family because between me and my sister I have always been the one who was interested in where I come from and my sister hasn’t until recently.
Walker, Alice. “To whom it may concern: With Special Attention to The Prime Minster, Attorney General and speaker of the Knesset in Israel”. Alice Walker Gardens. Np. 10 Nov. This source is a blog that comes from Alice Walker own Website it fill with bogs, poems and source more from the Alice walker. In this blog Alice is fighting for an Israel women so she can get Israel citizenship. I chose this site it shows how walker defends what she believes in and does not care what people think especially it for human being rights. It just proves from my point about how far she will go through no matter the consequences.