Walker, Cisneros, Wright, Chan

Angela Mancini Professor Grobman English 135 April 11, 2002 Characters Overcoming Obstacles in Literature “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” This old saying can be applied to the characters in many popular works of literature. In studying the literary works of Alice Walker, Richard Wright, Jeffery Paul Chan, and Sandra Cisneros, many observations can be made about culture and the harsh prejudices against these cultures. In their respective works: The Color Purple, “The Man Who …

…that she deserves. In all of the aforementioned works, the protagonists each face hurdles along their way to growth. Walker, Wright, Chan, and Cisneros make the journey to self-discovery a difficult one. As the characters suffer and endure hardships, they also gain valuable insight into the kind of person that they want to be. Although not all of the characters solve their problems, the groundwork is put in place for new beginnings and better endings.