ipl-logo

What Is Alice Walker's Definition Of A Hero

618 Words3 Pages
James Skiest
Mrs. Alena Weicher
Honors English III
1 February 2016 Heroes: They Are Better Just As the Name of a Sandwich
Many are taught, as children, and even as adults, to choose a hero—someone to venerate and to emulate. To choose someone with qualities that one would like to see in oneself, and one would like to be someday. The problem with this conception of a hero is that it is an altogether gender biased, racist, and bigoted ideology, and this idea is especially prevalent in American literature. In The Color Purple, Alice Walker explicates the concept of the feminist hero by chronicling the effects of racism and sexism on a developing child. The word hero is loosely used, in American society, to design people and constrict those people
Open Document