Study of black oppression in Alice Walker's the color purple

Abstract

The life of most women in American society during the era of the nineteenth century made them into victims as the case with the protagonist of the novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Such a life of women as depicted in the novel is full with obstacles that come around due to the negative dealings they face by men aided with bad social norms, which make men use women as a tool to satisfy their sensual desires. Thus, the experience of black women in America is one of such great suffering. This study aims to clarify how Celie and other women suffer a lot to justify their life under the dominance of males as well as filling out their suitable seats in such environment of unjust social norms. Therefore, by studying this topic about the southern slave system, the research is going to have a good understanding of the community of the American society as a whole.