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1、LessonIVEverydayUseforyourgrandmamaAbouttheauthorAliceWalker(1944-)anAfricanAmericannovelist,short-storywriter,poet,essayist,andactivist.the8thandlastchildat8shelostsightofoneeyewhenoneofherelderbrothersshotherwithaBBgun氣彈槍byaccident.2yearsafterthehighschool,shetransferredtoSarahLawrenceColl
2、egeinNY,andduringherjunioryearshetraveledtoAfricaasanexchangestudent.ShereceivedherBachelorofArtsDegreefromSarahLawrenceCollegein1965.Afterfinishingcollege,shelivedforashorttimeinNewYork,thenfromthemid1960stothemid1970s,shelivedinTougaloo,Mississippi.ShewasactiveintheCivilRightsMovementofthe
3、1960's,andinthe1990'ssheisstillaninvolvedactivist.Shehasspokenforthewomen'smovement,theanti-apartheidmovement,fortheanti-nuclearmovement,andagainstfemalegenitalmutilation.Shestartedherownpublishingcompany,WildTreesPress,in1984.ShecurrentlyresidesinNorthernCaliforniawithherdog,Marley.Backgrou
4、ndInformationTheauthorwrotequiteanumberofnovels,amongthemwereTheColorPurplewhichwonthePulitzerPrizeofFiction（普利策小說獎(jiǎng)）andTheAmericanBookAward（美國圖書獎(jiǎng)）.In1985,theColorPurplewasmadeintoamoviewhichwongreatfame.Thenovelwasaninstantbestsellerandmadeintoanequallysuccessfulmoviein1985,directedbyStevenS
5、pielbergandstarringWhoopiGoldberg.簡 介故事發(fā)生于1909年美國南部。未受過教育的黑人女孩西莉被繼父強(qiáng)奸后，又被迫嫁給了粗魯，兇狠的黑人男子，西莉稱其為“先生”。在驚恐和膽怯中她開始了奴仆一般的痛苦生活。幸而有親姐妹南蒂與之相伴，淚水中才多了一些歡樂。不久，這短暫的幸福也從西莉身邊消失了。因?yàn)椤跋壬睆?qiáng)奸南蒂不成，惱羞成怒地將南蒂趕了出去，姐妹二人被殘酷的分開。年復(fù)一年，西莉在門口的郵筒中找尋南蒂的音訊，她始終期盼有一天能與南蒂再次重逢……AliceWalkerisatherbestwhenportrayingpeoplelivinginth
6、eruralareaswherethewriterwasbornandgrewup.Asablackwriter,Walkerisparticularlyinterestedinexaminingtherelationshipsamongtheblacksthemselves.EverydayUse,oneofthebest-writtenshortfictionsbyAlice,describesthreewomen.Themotherisaworkingwomanwithoutmucheducation,butnotwithoutintelligenceorpercepti
7、on.Thetwodaughtersformasharpcontrastineveryconceivableway:appearance,character,personalexperiences,etc.ThestoryreachesitsclimaxatthemomentwhenDee,theelderdaughter,wantstheoldquiltsonlytoberefusedflatlybythemother,whointendstogivethemtoMaggie,theyou
