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The novel 'The Colour Purple' and the poetry of Margaret Atwood both explore the oppression of women. Select one aspect or role of the lives of the female characters in 'The Colour Purple' and Atwood poetry and say which is more effective in arousing sympathy for women. ****** I feel Walker is more effective at arousing sympathy for women because the novel's message is that women must stand up against the unfair treatment that they receive at the hands of men and that they can do this by helping each other. ****** 'The Colour Purple' is historical fiction. 'The Colour Purple' was written in 1982, in California by Alice Walker. It is an epistolary or confessional novel. 'The Colour Purple' addresses issues, with which Afro-American literature and the international women's movement have been intensely concerned: issues of men's violence against women, issues of sisterhood, women's eroticism and lesbianism and issues...

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