The Color Purple by Alice Walker
At one point in the story Harpo begins to eat incredibly much. Why did he do that?
a. He had a tapeworm
b. He wanted to become heavier than Sofia and physically stronger than her
c. He was very unhappy in his marriage and therefore turned to food
d. He had been hungry as a child and never wanted to be hungry again
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At one point in the story Harpo begins to eat incredibly much. Why did he do that?
a. He had a tapeworm
b. He wanted to become heavier than Sofia and physically stronger than her
c. He was very unhappy in his marriage and therefore turned to food
d. He had been hungry as a child and never wanted to be hungry again
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Alice Walker
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born
February 09, 1944
gender
female
place of birth
Eatonton, Georgia, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
influences
Howard Zinn, Zora Neale Hurston
about this author
Alice Malsenior Walker is an American author and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple. Walker was the eighth child of sharecroppers. She is of African American, Cherokee, Scottish, and Irish lineage. Although she grew up in Georgia, she has stated that she often felt displaced there, and lives in Berkeley, California.
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker avg rating 4.11 — 21,965 ratings — published 1982 48 editions |
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Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker avg rating 3.99 — 2,053 ratings — published 1992 18 editions |
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The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker avg rating 4.01 — 1,941 ratings — published 1989 16 editions |
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Meridian by Alice Walker avg rating 3.56 — 839 ratings — published 1976 12 editions |
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In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker avg rating 4.04 — 732 ratings — published 1983 10 editions |
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By the Light of My Father's Smile by Alice Walker avg rating 3.79 — 546 ratings — published 1998 11 editions |
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You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker avg rating 3.94 — 436 ratings — published 1981 7 editions |
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The Third Life of Grange Copeland by Alice Walker avg rating 3.82 — 377 ratings — published 1970 13 editions |
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The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart by Alice Walker avg rating 3.90 — 336 ratings — published 2000 8 editions |
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Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart: A Novel by Alice Walker avg rating 3.68 — 306 ratings — published 2004 16 editions |
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"Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for."
— Alice Walker
— Alice Walker
"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it"
— Alice Walker
— Alice Walker
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