The Color Purple

By Alice Walker
New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

The Color Purple is a serious of letters written by Celie, a poor black southern woman, that due to her race, gender and troubles, she is placed at the lower status of American society and is the target for multiple varieties of gruesome violence. 

"All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles. A girl child ain't safe in a family of men. But I never thought I'd have to fight in my own house." (from book) 

This book is riddled with horrible events and such deep feelings that it makes your skin stand on edge and feel so helpless. The disturbing nature of this book may be less apparent but it is there in all the gruesome, horrible violence and abuse. 

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