Alice Walker

Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944 in Eaton, Georgia . She was the youngest of eight children. Her parents were sharecroppers. Walker grew up in a racial area . In 1952 Alice Walker brother accidential shot her in the right eye with a BB gun. Alice eye was disfigured and made her feel ugly, taking away her confidence. She was very shy and not out going. When she turned fourteen, her brother paid for her to have an …

…Prize for fiction. In 1985 Steven Spielberg wanted to make a movie out of it . But Walker was still in that frame of mind because Steven was white and might have degrade “black family by portraying physical violence that she went threw. But Quincy Jones told her that he was a good director so in 1985. History was made film received 11 Oscar nominations ,best picture. You there were some criticism about how she try the black soc