In life people face various obstacles and must somehow tough their way through them. In literature authors create characters with problems and lives that can be very difficult at times. It is up to the author to decide how the character will turn out in the end. In Alice Walker’s works, the female characters often have hard lives, but they always triumph in the end. Walker takes her characters on very harsh paths throughout …showed first 75 words of 1937 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1937 total…person to decide how their problems will turn out in the end. In literature, the author chooses a path for its characters, and what will happen to them. This path can be positive or negative. Alice Walker chooses to take her female characters on a difficult road, but they almost always triumph in the end. We all experience this path at some point in our lives, and it is the triumph that makes life great.