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  • Singh, Harnam

    Language in India, 01/2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    The Color Purple is one of the most outstanding novels by an Afro-American author Alice Walker. She shot to fame with the publication of this novel in 1982. It is tale of victimization, sufferings, suppression and self-realization of fourteen years old black girl in Afro-American society. Having faced horrible trauma throughout her life the girl holds her later life and establishes her own identity. This paper is an attempt to unravel the different thematic issues of the novel which Alice Walker tries to bring out, be it a rigid patriarchy, racial discrimination, sisterhood or lesbianism. It unravels how self-determination can turn victorious and how one can overcome difficulties.