LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:7 July 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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In Love and Trouble and Finding the Green Stone by Alice Walker -
An Environmental Approach

Shubhanku Kochar

Abstract

Alice Walker is a renowned a short story writer as well as a famous a poet and novelist. Her career spiraled into excellence after the publication of The Color Purple in 1982, and her short stories that got published prior to The Color Purple and after it are also well known for their excellent depiction of remarkable women engaged in a stupendous struggle. Hitherto, she has penned three collections of short stories entitled: In Love and Trouble; Stories of Black Women (1973); You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories (1982); The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart (2000). She has also written a short story book for children Finding the Green Stone (1991). This paper focuses chiefly on four stories beginning with In Love and Trouble and Finding the Green Stone from an environmental perspective. The effort is to place her stories in the wider context of the current ecological vision. Although not a single story directly speaks of nature and other allied forces, yet a closer reading enables the unearthing of the green platform and the green setting on which the entire edifice is skillfully erected.

The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff

The first story that captures the reader’s attention for its analogical resemblance with the biosphere is “The Revenge of Hannah Kemhuff”. It is a story about black magic and its power. Actually, Africans have had deep faith in black magic. Here, one should be clear about the distinction between magic and black magic. Magic is an art. It is a craft which can be mastered by anyone. A magician performs tricks on the stage. He executes his pranks in such a way that beholders are easily befuddled. Its aims are lucrative. Magicians are to be found everywhere, in Asia, Europe and all over the world.

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Shubhanku Kochar
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Lady Irwin College
Delhi University
New Delhi
India
shubhankukochar@live.com
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