... the reader the impression that what she is about to say is very emotional and will obviously be a heart driven message. Walker's overall theme in the passage is that black women who understand their culture and ancestral past have a duty to spread that information and change society, linking ... the past to the future. Walker communicates this theme, mainly by alluding to black writers and through irony. Walker begins her talk by revealing that studying black women writers has "enriched" her life ... between a black couple who were not in constant fear of whites. Her tone when comparing ...

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