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general intro： The Color Purple is a 1982 eistolary novel 书信小说 writtenby American author Alice Walker that won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fictionandthe National Book Award for Fiction. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia， the storyfocuses on female black life in the 1930s in thesouthern United States， addressingnumerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American socialculture. Plot summary The Color Purple spans the years 1909 to 1949， relatingthe life of Celie， a Southern black woman virtually sold into a life of servitude toher brutal husband， sharecropper Albert. Celie， the protagonist and narrator of The Color Purple， is a poor， uneducated， fourteen-year-old blackgirl living in rural Georgia. Celie starts writing letters to God because her stepfather， Alphonso， beats andrapes her. Celie pours out her innermost thoughts in letter form to her sisterNettie， but Albert has been hiding the letters Nettie writes back， allowingCelie to assume that Nettie is dead. Letters Alice Walker highlights the power of communication throughthe characters letter writing form. The letters that Celie writes to God， and later to hersister Nettie， symbolize a certain voice that only Celie has and one that she isonly able to express in her letters. She is able to express her true desires only in her letter. | 
