Alice WalkerFamous writers are everywhere, but why are they famous? People may know Alice Walker as a famous writer, but why was she famous? When I've asked people about Alice Walker, some can only give a few vital statistics, while others simply shrug their shoulders and say, "I don't know." In my research paper, I will give some brief facts about Alice Walker and also answer some questions. Questions like “What did Alice Walker do to make her a famous writer?” » “What obstacles did she have to overcome to become a popular writer? and “How is Alice Walker now?” These are some of the most frequently asked questions and I will answer them in this research paper. Who is Alice Walker? Her full name is Alice Malsenior Walker. She was born on February 9, 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia. She was the eighth and youngest child of Minnie Tallulah Grant Walker and Willie Lee Walker. His parents were poor sharecroppers. In the summer of 1952, Alice Walker was blinded in her right eye by a BB gun while playing "Cowboys and Indians" with her brother. When she graduated from high school in 1961, she was her school's valedictorian and prom queen that year. She went to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia on a scholarship. While at Spelman as a freshman, Alice Walker participated in civil rights protests. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. invited her to the World Youth Peace Festival in Helsinki, Finland. After attending the conference, she began to enjoy traveling and meeting many people and cultures around the world. She traveled to Washington DC to participate in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. She was also there to hear Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech. She returned to Spelman College for her junior year. She discovered that she had received a scholarship from Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Walker had planned to stay at Spelman, but after her professor encouraged her to attend Sarah Lawrence, she decided to accept the challenge. In Sarah Lawrence, Walker enjoyed the teaching of poetry by Muriel Ruykeyser and the writer Jane Cooper who nurtured her interest and talent for writing. What did Alice Walker do to make her a famous writer? It all started during her senior year at Sarah Lawrence, where she realized she was pregnant. She was so scary... middle of paper ...... for change in society, and I couldn't help but grow. It was simply inevitable that if I looked out and saw people in all their radiant fighting beauty, then I would simply remain in love with them” (Sealeve, 1998). During this conversation, I discovered that Walker had found his inner self and was trying to help others navigate this painful world. This conversation is about Walker's experience throughout life, but I also discovered that she realized that the experience was worth it because she discovered that life is hard and if you stay hard, you can get through life. Walker felt pain in this world back then, but time has passed and now she feels good about herself and tries to get her word out to people.Bibliography1. Bloom, Harold. Alice Walker: (Modern Critical Views, Series 2). January 1992.2. Gates, Henry Louis and K. A. Appiah. Alice Walker: Critical Perspectives Past and Present. January 1993.3. Kramer, Barbara. Alice Walker: author of Color Purple (People to Know series). August 1995.4. McLeod, Melvin. “A wind in.