AFAS 160 Author Discussion

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  1. Hello. My name is a novel baron.
  2. Today I will be discussing famous American novelist Alice Walker
  3. from my author discussion Post Martha Discussion Post will cover
  4. a variety of different topics, such as her early life,
  5. her personal life and just her overall writing career, along
  6. with the wars and athletes she received from her works
  7. to begin with.
  8. Alex Walker was born on February 9th 1944 in a
  9. small town in Georgia called in Eatonton.
  10. She was born into a large family as she was
  11. the eighth child of African American sharecroppers.
  12. While growing up, she accidentally blinded one night at the
  13. age of the, which gave her the privilege of not
  14. doing chores and with her mother, got hurry new typewriter
  15. and slowly developed into being her new hobby.
  16. Alice Walker later attended Spelman College on scholarship, where she
  17. studied for two years before transferring, transferring to Sarah Lawrence
  18. College. Upon graduation, she married Melvin R.
  19. 11 11 Doll, an American attorney who was known for
  20. working with the civil rights movement through the 19 sixties
  21. sixties and seventies.
  22. The to the couple married in 1967 but the two
  23. filed for divorce nine years later in 1976.
  24. Additionally, sure, after her graduation, 1965 she joined the civil
  25. rights movement along with her husband at the time and
  26. began teaching and publishing a different works of essays and
  27. short stories.
  28. Her first book of poetry, Tallow, once came out on
  29. the year of 1968 while her first novel, The Third
  30. Life of Grange Copeland, came out two years later in
  31. 1970. She additionally had a second volume of poetry and
  32. a collection of short stories.
  33. To begin her career, she focused on topics regarding sexist
  34. violence and abuse, specifically targeting the African American community.
  35. How is later moved to New York, where she spent
  36. work finishing up Marie Indian.
  37. Published in 1976 This novel consist of the coming of
  38. age of different civil rights workers during the 19 sixties
  39. and seventies.
  40. After living in New York for a couple of years,
  41. Walker then moved to California, where she wrote her famous
  42. her most famous novel, The Color Purple.
  43. The novel was released in 1982 and depicted an African
  44. American woman growing up in America from 19 oh nine
  45. through 1947 in a town in Georgia.
  46. The novel received a Pulitzer Prize and was even adopted
  47. into a film by famous director Steven Spielberg in 1985
  48. and also developed into a musical by Oprah Winfrey and
  49. Quincy Jones in 2000 and four.
  50. Walker later had additional essays, short stories and different works
  51. published in two thousands that also received awards and accolades.
  52. And also a more recent significant documentary of Alice Walker
  53. was released in 2000 and 13, covering her life upon
  54. the final reflection and research.
  55. I strongly believe Onion about Alice Walker was truly interesting.
  56. The intention Walker uses to write is beyond extraordinary, and
  57. she depicts the lives of young and the old African
  58. American individuals in brutal but honest ways through the poetry.
  59. And that was the yeah, these and she and different,
  60. different type of office right.
  61. They show the community and world around them.
  62. How truly is to grow up as an African American.
  63. Her works attack, gender inequality and unfairness of the treatment
  64. of her community.
  65. And with that consumer awareness, her works and participation in
  66. the civil rights movement truly embrace and embarked what it
  67. means to be an American hero.
  68. The three quotes shown in this slide shows the type
  69. of persistency and mindset Alice Walker possessed.
  70. She was determined to fight for equal rights and truly
  71. showed throughout her career and activism and being a novelist.
  72. Here are the three sources I used for my author
  73. discussion Post This concludes my author Discussion post, Thank you
  74. very much.