【正文】 very often just like beating his children. Because of the racism, Celie is oppressed by the white people and she was also oppressed by her stepfather and her husband because of the sexism. Under the double oppression, she chooses to accept the reality instead of rebelling at the beginning. However, things bee different later: Celie gradually awakens under the help of Nettie, Shug and Sofia. Sofia’s behavior of fighting against Albert and Harpo even the white people gives her a deep impression. Shug teaches Celie to respect herself and to bee confident, which makes Celie realize the value of her own. Nettie and her letters give Celie great spiritual encouragement. As a result, Celie begins to resist and dare to say what she thinks in her heart and say “no” to Albert. Knowing that Albert has been concealing her sister’s letters for many years, Celie bees very angry that she wants to leave him and even has an impulse to kill him, which is out of Celie’s imagination before. This marks that Celie has made up her mind to leave Albert and fight for her own rights. Though she failed the first, but it’s really a progress for her. The second time when Celie declares the decision of leaving for Memphis, Albert insults her to prevent her from leaving, to his surprise, Celie rebels him without any hesitation. She gets angry at the dinner table: You a lowdown dog is what’s wrong, I say. It’s time to leave you and enter into creation. And you dead body just be wele mat I need.Say what? He ast. Shock.All around the table folkses mouths be dropping open.You took my sister Nettie away from me, I say. And she was the only person love me in the world. start to sputter. But But But But But. Sound like some kind of motor.But Nettie and my children ing soon, I say. And when she do, all us together gon whup you ass. (Alice Walker 170)She also says “I’m poor, I’m black, I maybe ugly and can’t cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I’m here”. (The Color Purple 187) which shows that Celie begins to fight against the men who oppressed her before. At the end of the novel, Celie leaves Albert and goes to Memphis with Shug. In the encouragement of Shug, Celie begins to make pants in order to make a living. During that time, only men can wear pants while women are not allowed, but Celie dares to break the tradition and she not only wears the pants but also designs and makes all kinds of pants for both males and females, which brings her a great wealth and success and then she bees a successful business woman. She gains the economic independence so that she doesn’t need to rely on men any more but rely on herself. From then on, she changes her fate that she is no longer the subsidiary of men but stands on her feet and bees the master of herself. Celie not only obtains her economic independence but also her identity and dignity。 in addition, it is helpful to establish the harmonious relationship between men and women. Albert finally realizes his mistakes and he builds a friendly relationship with Celie, which is quite different from before. The awakening of the black women liberates them and makes them win their proper dignity in the selfrespect and selfindependent.Chapter Four ConclusionAlice Walker is one of the most influential black women writers, and her novel The Color Purple is considered as a very important novel in American history and receives many high praises. The novel has attracted many critics and scholars to study it since its publication. Different critics hold different views on Walker and the novel, which makes Alice Walker bee one of the most controversial writers. Many critics concentrate on its epistolary form because it is considered as a means to present men’s voices only in Europe。 Alice Walker’s epistolary form in The Color Purple has been considered to challenge the male authority. While, some other critics focus on the female characters in the novel: Philip M. Royster discusses the close connection between Walker and her characters and he believes that the female’s life experiences have something to do with Walker’s。 Dinitia Smith has a deep impression on and also speaks highly of the vivid description of the female characters. In addition, the theme of the novel has aroused great attraction to many critics: Barbara Christian insists that the theme of the novel is the contradiction between black men and black women while Mel Watkins concentrates on the theme of family violence revealing. No matter how many opinions there are, they are all playing very important roles in our learning and studying Alice Walker and The Color Purple.In the novel The Color Purple, Alice Walker portrays the life and experience of several black women characters under the sexual and racial oppression, especially the heroine, Celie, who undergoes from the double oppression to awakening and independence. With the help of the black sisters such as Shug, Nettie and Sofia, Celie learns to fight against the oppression to win her respect, love and dignity and she succeeds at last. In addition, she establishes a harmonious relationship with men. The course of Celie’s awakening not only tells black women but also other women who are still oppressed that they have the ability to stand up on their feet and to fight against the oppression and to live the life they want. The only thing they have to do is to unite all the oppressed women to support each other, love each other and help each other。 only in this way, can they form a strong force to shake the mendominated and the whitedominated society. Though they still have a long way to go, they will succeed one day in the future. Until then, they will be absolutely liberated, which means they will win their independence both physically and mentally. Bibliography[1] Bartelme, Elizabeth. Victory over Bitterness. 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