The Color Purple is Alice Walker’s best-known work.

Climax: Celie’s enraged outbursts at Mister at dinnerĪlice Walker is a versatile writer who has written and published many collections of poems, memoirs, essays, short stories, and novels.

Setting: Early 20th century Georgia and Memphis in the USA and a fictional village in Africa called Olinka.

Genre: Epistolary Novel African-American Literature.

The abuse and travails Celie suffers render her numb to life but she eventually begins to heal and triumph over her adversities through support from a strong woman named Shug Avery and the loving words of her sister Nettie who shows her different places in the world through her letters. She is later married off to an older widower who continues to rape and abuse her. This year’s superbloom will likely last until early May and will be good to better-than-average when all is said and done, depending on location.īesides all the rain, the weather also stayed cooler longer in some parts of the state – helping to spur the return of these carpets of color.Īs temperatures rise, the superbloom will subside, but will be immortalized in images.The novel centers on Celie, a fourteen-year-old African-American girl who is constantly raped by her father but has no one to help her or to confide in and so resorts to writing letters to God as her only outlet. “The best way for blooms to last is for them to stay alive and run their life course naturally and not by visitors either stepping on them or picking them.”Īccording to the California Department of Parks and Recreation, a superbloom depends a lot on the weather. “When visiting outdoor public spaces, State Parks advises visitors to stay on designated trails and take only photos, not flowers,” said Moreno. George Rose/Getty ImagesĬalifornia’s parks want people to enjoy the superbloom and connect to the great outdoors – but to leave the flowers alone. Colorful mustard, goldfields, poppies and other wildflowers have exploded along California's Highway 41, located on the San Luis Obispo, Kern, and Monterey County borders, on April 12.

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