Theme Of Am I Blue

Quite possibly the most noted attribute to her writing is her use of recurring theme. Her themes coincide her story lines incredibly well. “As we talked of freedom and justice one day for all, we sat down to steaks. I am eating misery, I thought, as I took my first bite. And spit it out.” ( “Am I Blue?”).This demonstrates Walker’s avid fight for equality without limits. Her writing shows how she is disgusted by the lack of respect for animals before they are slaughtered for food and the non-existent compassion towards animals used for work. Another theme Walker uses often is the act of surmising as issue, often this is shown by women overcoming a social obstacle.“With fists as well as Hands They battered down Doors” (“Women” lines 5-8).“

“ Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone is ignorant enough to be kind to him? That is the way my Maggie walks.” She compares her characters to animal and is unafraid to be brutally honest. She allows the reader to imagine the whole character the good, the bad, and the ugly. “ ...it gave her face a kind of dopey, hangdog look.” (Everyday Use). Once again, Walker compares her characters to animals with a negative connotation. Blunt is one word to describe her writing. On the other hand her imagery can be a pleasant point in her writing. For instance in, “ Poem at Thirty-Nine” she describes her father as, “ He cooked like a person dancing in a yoga meditaion and craved the voluptuous sharing of good food.” (“Poem at Thirthy-Nine” Lines 27-33) She uses her words to paint a picture and uses similies as the paint. Walker describes her characters soul and escense all the while putting her own into her

This style is abstract, undefined, and simply beautiful. “ And this is how I came to know my mother: she seemed a large, soft, loving-eyed woman who was rarely impatient in our home.” (In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens). Walker uses simple vocabulary that is understood by the common reader, yet she puts together a full description of a