How does The Color Purple by Alice Walker contribute to the representation of feminism in American popular culture, and what impact has it had on feminist discourse?

Introduce the topic, suggest a short thesis (see what thesis is at Purdue University web page and other resources) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01, or https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/713/1 

Analyze the question, give necessary explanations related to the topic 

Support your arguments by convincing analysis and argumentation and do not skip from one unsupported idea to the other 

Develop the argument/ideas and give brief generalizations, conclusions on the analyzed topic 

Avoid long citations, biographical and historical information, and the summaries of the plot unless necessary 

Avoid broad generalizations such as “Many people are unhappy in the world. Unhappiness is a part of human life…..etc”- such ideas are too general and quite far from a literary analysis. See D. Livingstone´s essay for this (bibliography).  

Summarize your arguments and give conclusions. Avoid general conclusions and impressions such as “E. Hemingway is good writer”, or “I enjoyed reading this short story.” Conclusion should be a summary of your research on the topic related to your thesis.  

Do not plagiarize and use your own and creative analysis rather than a summary of other critics’ ideas however acknowledged 

See more how to construct the argument, style, thesis and more at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01 

For citatios, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/, or http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/15/