In Walker's title essay I see a lot of my history in it. Being a person who is only 4 generations removed from slavery times I can empathize with the struggle of the women of the past. I truly believe that the sacrifices made by my mother, grandmother, great grandmother and so on, were made for the betterment of my life. I agree when Walker depicts these women as forces full of so much art and life who are not able to express these talents and explore these desires because of the environment they were faced with. The fact that I am where I am because of these sacrifices, I think their energy and resilience was passed down to the women of my generation to achieve the things they longed for but held onto in hopes that they could one day see their dreams manifest themselves through us.
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