Both novelists Alice Walker and Kathryn Stockett have written their novels that go back 30 years to their grandparents generation. They both link their characters to discrimination, in ‘The Help’ by Stockett, she links all her characters to all types of discrimination, and in ‘The Colour Purple’ Walker shows similar discrimination as Stockett does.
‘The Help’ was written in 2009, and because Stockett written this novel post 9/11, could suggest that the immigration was an influence on the novel which created a massive amount of racism and discrimination against Islam and creating people to be Islamophobic. However the novel is based in the 1930’s which is the start of the Movement of Right, for Black people and also women and men, it was one of the first feminist movement for women to be able to vote. As well as in 2008 Barack Obama was elected as the president of the United States of America, which reflects how people’s tolerance to ‘different’ people had changed. Many believed that Kathryn Stockett wrote ‘The Colour Purple’ part two.
As for ‘The Colour Purple’, Alice Walker had written in 1983, which was greatly influenced by the World War Two. However the novel as well goes back 30 years, to be set in 1930’s. Because the novel was written throughout the years of the WW2, the idea of ‘The American Dream’ was challenged greatly which made people doubt. As well as that people were treated like they ‘deserved’ to be treated, in 1980’s media would always shame people from their background and were they came from, which explains Celie’s ‘relationship’ between her so called father and her unloving husband who both have raped her.
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You seem to be guessing what is required instead of doing precisely what I asked – in what ways were the attitudes to women and black Americans similar in 2009 and 1983 – what were the similar problems/issues related to race and gender in the 1960s/1930s – were they any parallel key historical events etc ?
This is far too general and random – you must address the issues in novels – precisely and concisely.
“Alice Walker had written in 1983, which was greatly influenced by the World War Two. ” – where did you get this from ? what is its relevance ?
These novels only touch on elements of the American Dream in that they clearly show ‘all men are created equal’ is simply not true – but these texts are not about fulfilling the American Dream to own your own land and get rich – these novels are about the inequality in US society regarding black women.
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