Socially Abused In Alice Walker's The Color Purple

Written by Alice walker in California during the year 1982, the historical fiction novel the color Purple takes place in rural Georgia from the years of 1910-1940 about 30 years before WWll. The setting of novel is among poor blacks in rural areas of the south. The novel revolves around the protagonist Celie who is a woman of good strength. As a central idea in the novel Alice walker shows that no matter what anyone has been through it is never too late to find out who you truly are. As a teenager as well as going into adulthood Celie was abused in many different ways by the antagonists of the novel, Alphonso and Mr.____. Ways including sexually, verbally as well as physically by those individuals. They prevented her from living the life that