Alice Walker grew up in rural Georgia in the mid-1900s as the daughter of two poor sharecroppers. Throughout her life she has been forced to face and overcome challenging life lessons. She transferred the difficulties of her life into a book, which earned her the Pulitzer Prize and became known as a world-renowned author. The Color Purple is a gripping novel about redemption and revenge. The conflict between racism, sexism, and the power of strong female relationships is how Alice expressed her life and incorporated it into the story. When he was 21 he worked at the Welfare Department and only a year later he started working for Legal Defense. fund of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He took depositions from African Americans who had been removed from their homes because they attempted to register to vote. These difficulties are represented in The Color Purple by the protagonist Celie. He writes to God about his daily life and tells what he faces on a daily basis. Celie is told that, "Your father didn't know how to get by. White men lynch him. Too sad a story to tell pitiful little growing girls" (Walker. The Color Purple 181). Celie is based on a girl who lived long before Alice Walker was born. The story spans over 30 years, from 1910 to 1940. It traces the worst moments of African Americans trying to escape what remained of slavery in the South. After graduating from high school, Alice was the Valedictorian of her class and was an inspirational author. She went way beyond expectations or what most people thought she would be able to do. It was thought that not many women, especially African Americans, were capable of doing what men could do. She plays it through…middle of paper…describes this horrible lifestyle that was the daily life of African Americans in the early 1900s. It really highlights how difficult times it was for Celie living in the racist South, having men who they beat and abused her, and how the power of female relationships, especially family, saved her from the terrible life she lived. Works Cited Sova, Dawn B. "The Color Purple." Banned Books: Literature Suppressed for Social Reasons, revised edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID= WE54&SID=5&iPin= BBSO0071&SingleRecord=True (accessed January 1, 2010).Walker, Alice. Alice Walker's garden. Alice Walker, 22 October 2008. Web. 1 January 2010. .Walker, Alice. The color purple. New York: Harcourt, 1992. Print.