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Stages of Resistance in Alice Walker’s Meridian In this compelling novel by Alice Walker, Meridian, the main character, grows up through the eyes of the reader. The author shows us the emotional, physical, and psychological stages of resistance that Meridian goes through during the height of the civil rights movement. In fact, if one looks at the life of Alice Walker, the author of the novel, similarities undeniably exist between the two women. First …

…character. Her mother suffered from numerous strokes, her partner cheated on her and left her, and she developed Lyme’s disease, which weakened her physically like her character Meridian was weakened. (Price) Alice Walker is a brilliant writer and a strong woman, and her novel Meridian shows the strengths in her writing. It is an eye-opening novel that provides insight into the life of a young black female growing up during the civil rights movement.