ovements and at that time women did not have equal rights like the men. When the first novel The Third Life of Grange Copeland was published, she received criticism. The story was about a murder of a woman by her husband. Many African-American critics said that she dealt with too harshly with the black male character in her book, but Walker responded saying that women are all too often abused by men they love. Since her books were published during the civil rights movements and the stories in the books criticizes black men. But her main purpose was to write about husbands that were extremely violent and abusive. Many critics think that her books were hurt the black movement more than it helped because it depicted black men. Walker was disappointed with people because they interpreted the character as a black man and not see the existence of child and spousal abuses. She said I think the most chilling thing to me about the response to the Color Purple was that the people said this doesnt happen what was the lack of empathy for the woman we ought to look at the woman we ought to look at this because we dont want those women or children suffering (Whitaker 89). As time went on her work was appreciated. She finished The Color Purple. The Color Purple won the Pulitzer Prize, American Book Award and escalated Walker to worldwide fame. People started to acknowledge her works, realizing her main points of her stories.How is Alice Walker doing now? In Shambhala Sun: A Wind Through the Heart, a conversation with Alice Walker and Sharon Salzberg on loving kindness in a painful world. In the conversation they talk about their feelings of the world. Melvin McLeod asked Walker, Many people might hope that they could access such love in their lives, love for themselves and for others, but how does one actually do it?(Sealeve, 1998) Walker answers Well, for me it has always been through activism. Ive been a very contemplative person b...
