Roselily Alice Walker Analysis
Alienation in Roselily
In Alice Walker’s short story Roselily, the reader is presented with a theme of alienation. Readers can come to this conclusion by simply reading the story and being presented with an overwhelming abundance of evidence supporting the nature of this theme. This evidence includes the fact that Roselily is an African American, unwed female with four children to different fathers, shunning her from society. Also, more confirmation comes in the form of Roselily having no connection or feelings for her soon to be husband, leaving her stuck in a loveless marriage. And the final proof of alienation in this story is Roselily’s hope for a better tomorrow.
Alice Walker was born in 1944, which leads to her becoming quite active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s. Among being a civil rights activist, Walker is also a feminist. True to the state of being, Alice Walker has written many novels and short stories that highlight the struggle of African American women in during the Civil Rights Era. In fact, in Roselily, there is a hidden story, behind that of …show more content…
The alienation theme is present very heavily in this story, through Roselily being an unwed, African American mother, continuing on in her engagement to a man that she has no feelings for, and finally, her continued belief that there is something better out there. Roselily is quite the strong woman who stands tall throughout all of the cards that life has dealt to her. She is an icon to women everywhere who struggle with alienation, whether it is self inflicted, or inflicted upon by others and shows women that having hope for a better future is both a smart, and reckless thing to
In Alice Walker’s short story Roselily, the reader is presented with a theme of alienation. Readers can come to this conclusion by simply reading the story and being presented with an overwhelming abundance of evidence supporting the nature of this theme. This evidence includes the fact that Roselily is an African American, unwed female with four children to different fathers, shunning her from society. Also, more confirmation comes in the form of Roselily having no connection or feelings for her soon to be husband, leaving her stuck in a loveless marriage. And the final proof of alienation in this story is Roselily’s hope for a better tomorrow.
Alice Walker was born in 1944, which leads to her becoming quite active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s. Among being a civil rights activist, Walker is also a feminist. True to the state of being, Alice Walker has written many novels and short stories that highlight the struggle of African American women in during the Civil Rights Era. In fact, in Roselily, there is a hidden story, behind that of …show more content…
The alienation theme is present very heavily in this story, through Roselily being an unwed, African American mother, continuing on in her engagement to a man that she has no feelings for, and finally, her continued belief that there is something better out there. Roselily is quite the strong woman who stands tall throughout all of the cards that life has dealt to her. She is an icon to women everywhere who struggle with alienation, whether it is self inflicted, or inflicted upon by others and shows women that having hope for a better future is both a smart, and reckless thing to