For this discussion please comment on Johnson’s observation in relation to a text by Alice Walker (b. 1944)

From p. 711 in Wiley Blackwell (Introduction): Literary and cultural critic Charles Johnson argues that contemporary African-American literature “represents a fiction of increasing artistic and intellectual growth, one that enables us as a people — as a culture — to move from narrow complain to broad celebration.” For this discussion please comment on Johnson’s observation in relation to a text by Alice Walker (b. 1944) pgs. 733-760. Make sure that you support your claims by quoting and discussing specific language from the respective text.