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I. Background Information II . Introduction to the Passage III . Effective Writing Skills V . Special Difficulties VI. Detailed Analysis of the Text I. Background Information Born：(1944- ), Eatonton, Georgia Occupation: American author and poet, most of whose writing portrays the lives of poor, oppressed African American women in the early 1900s. Educational background: went to Spelman College in 1961 graduated in Sarah Lawrence College in 1965 Selected awards and honors: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Color Purple (1983) (first black woman). National Book Award (First black woman) Honorary Degree from the California Institute of the Arts (1995) American Humorist Association named her as Humanist of the Year (1997) The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of these, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal. The Color Purple (1982) Setting: taking place mostly in rural Georgia Features: strong characterizations; clear, musical quality of its colloquial language. Style: epistolary novel Focus: focusing on female black life during the 1930s in the Southern United States, addressing the numerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American social culture. The novel was made into a motion picture in 1985 Shug Avery Shug is a very extroverted and transcendental character. When she comes back to visit Albert, she shakes up not only his feelings, but also those of Celie. Celie harbors an admiration for Shug and the life that she has lived. Shug enters and exits Celies life, normally making it for the better. Sofia She is a strong, independent, and feisty character