In The Color Purple by Alice Walker, she portrays all women with different characteristics. Celie is shy and timid at first, believing she is ugly, but she eventually overcomes her fears and gains self-confidence. Sofia is a strong-willed woman, who will not allow anything to disturb her or get the better of her. Shug Avery is confident and although she may appear to have an indifferent demeanor, underneath she is a kind person. Throughout her life, Alice Walker has been through so much and her way of dealing with it is to write about it. In The Color Purple, Alice Walker invested aspects of her life into the main female characters. When she was eight years old, Alice Walker began writing and said, "With my family, I had to hide things and I had to keep a lot of things hidden." my mind." Later that same year, Alice was hit in the eye with a BB gun bullet that blinded her, scarring and blinding that same eye. Because of her eyes she felt ugly, became shy, and often reacted to statements that were not intended to be offensive. I feel that Alice Walker based the character of Celie on this period of her life. In the book, Celie is repeatedly told that she is ugly and that she is not good enough. Celie is afraid of the cruelty of others they have imposed on her and she is shy and avoids conflict. Alice Walker once said “What the mind does not understand, adores or fears. Celie does not understand why others treat her harshly, so she is afraid of it.” what brings us down, only gives us power. In the book's conclusion, Celie finally overcomes her fears and tells Albert that she will leave him. Just like Celie, Alice Walker finally ends...... middle of paper... nothing? The ability to have someone to tell your story to is very important. He says, 'I was here. I might be sold tomorrow. But you know I was here.'” With each tale she tells, Alice Walker weaves a little piece of herself into the fabric of the story. That's one of the things about Alice Walker that makes her work so meaningful, because her stories aren't something someone just made up. She writes her books so that you understand what life was like for her, and that makes her stories even more relatable. Works Cited http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/20/books/books-of-the -times-if-the-river-is-dry-can-you-be-all-wet.html http ://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/story.html http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alicewalke146802.html http://www.poemhunter.com/alice-walker/biography / http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a /alicewalke382390.html