THE DEPICTION OF THE LIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE NOVEL OF COLOR PURPLE BY ALICE WALKER

Abstract

The novel of The Color Purple is a powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, that depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. This article is intended to give the main plot of the novel that is related to two teenage girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and exposition of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience.