How To Write A Research Paper On Alice Walker Inhumane Abuse
Chelsea LaFlair LaFlair 1
Professor Rhonda Rodriguez
English 209
17 March 2014
Alice Walker
As a writer, Alice Walker deals with many issues, most of which concern historical and modern race problems in America. Through this she brings to national attention the cruelty and inhumane abuse that African Americans have endured. This general topic can be broken down into many areas that she feels are important for people to know and to learn from. Alice walker was born on the ninth of February in 1944, In Eatonton Georgia. She was the eighth and youngest child of poor sharecroppers Minnie Tallulah Grant and William Lee Walker. Alice grew up surrounded by violent racism, and her family was poor, this led to an everlasting effect on her writing. Alice grew up in a rural community in Georgia surrounded by a big family. During walker’s childhood, her mother worked as a house maid to support her family, she also helped Alice’s father with sharecropping. When she was 8 years old Alice suffered from a tragic incident, while playing around in her backyard with her two …show more content…
This accident didn’t just ruin relationships in Alice’s life, it also caused Alice to become self-conscious of herself, because whitish damaged scar tissue formed in the eye, she became embarrassed of this mark. When Alice was 14, her brother bill had the cataract removed by a Boston doctor, but her vision never returned in that eye. After the incident, Walker largely withdrew from the world around her. "For a long time, I thought I was very ugly and disfigured," she told John O 'Brien in an interview that was published in Alice Walker: Critical Perspectives, Past and Present. "This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults and slights that were not intended." She found solace in reading and writing poetry. (Alice Walker
Professor Rhonda Rodriguez
English 209
17 March 2014
Alice Walker
As a writer, Alice Walker deals with many issues, most of which concern historical and modern race problems in America. Through this she brings to national attention the cruelty and inhumane abuse that African Americans have endured. This general topic can be broken down into many areas that she feels are important for people to know and to learn from. Alice walker was born on the ninth of February in 1944, In Eatonton Georgia. She was the eighth and youngest child of poor sharecroppers Minnie Tallulah Grant and William Lee Walker. Alice grew up surrounded by violent racism, and her family was poor, this led to an everlasting effect on her writing. Alice grew up in a rural community in Georgia surrounded by a big family. During walker’s childhood, her mother worked as a house maid to support her family, she also helped Alice’s father with sharecropping. When she was 8 years old Alice suffered from a tragic incident, while playing around in her backyard with her two …show more content…
This accident didn’t just ruin relationships in Alice’s life, it also caused Alice to become self-conscious of herself, because whitish damaged scar tissue formed in the eye, she became embarrassed of this mark. When Alice was 14, her brother bill had the cataract removed by a Boston doctor, but her vision never returned in that eye. After the incident, Walker largely withdrew from the world around her. "For a long time, I thought I was very ugly and disfigured," she told John O 'Brien in an interview that was published in Alice Walker: Critical Perspectives, Past and Present. "This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults and slights that were not intended." She found solace in reading and writing poetry. (Alice Walker