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1、LessonIVEverydayUseforyourgrandmamaAbouttheauthorAliceWalker(1944-)anAfricanAmericannovelist,short-storywriter,poet,essayist,andactivist.the8thandlastchildat8shelostsightofoneeyewhenoneofherelderbrothersshotherwithaBBgun气弹枪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（普利策小说奖）andTheAmericanBookAward（美国图书奖）.In1985,theColorPurplewasmadeintoamoviewhichwongreatfame.Thenovelwasaninstantbestsellerandmadeintoanequallysuccessfulmoviein1985,directedbyStevenS
5、pielbergandstarringWhoopiGoldberg.简 介故事发生于1909年美国南部。未受过教育的黑人女孩西莉被继父强奸后，又被迫嫁给了粗鲁，凶狠的黑人男子，西莉称其为“先生”。在惊恐和胆怯中她开始了奴仆一般的痛苦生活。幸而有亲姐妹南蒂与之相伴，泪水中才多了一些欢乐。不久，这短暂的幸福也从西莉身边消失了。因为“先生”强奸南蒂不成，恼羞成怒地将南蒂赶了出去，姐妹二人被残酷的分开。年复一年，西莉在门口的邮筒中找寻南蒂的音讯，她始终期盼有一天能与南蒂再次重逢……AliceWalkerisatherbestwhenportrayingpeoplelivinginth
6、eruralareaswherethewriterwasbornandgrewup.Asablackwriter,Walkerisparticularlyinterestedinexaminingtherelationshipsamongtheblacksthemselves.EverydayUse,oneofthebest-writtenshortfictionsbyAlice,describesthreewomen.Themotherisaworkingwomanwithoutmucheducation,butnotwithoutintelligenceorpercepti
7、on.Thetwodaughtersformasharpcontrastineveryconceivableway:appearance,character,personalexperiences,etc.ThestoryreachesitsclimaxatthemomentwhenDee,theelderdaughter,wantstheoldquiltsonlytoberefusedflatlybythemother,whointendstogivethemtoMaggie,theyou
