Ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon. My name is from class. The title of my thesis is. This thesis is completed under the instruction of Ms. Im extremely grateful to her for her constant direction and suggestion for revising the draft of my paper. I also have to thank the professors sitting here today for your generosity in spending your time here. My thesis is about the Celies transmutation from an obedient, numb, oppressed country girl to an independent and strong woman both in economy and emotion, exploring the growth path of black women. I choose this as my topic due to several reasons. First, Im fond of literary works and I was impressed a lot the first time I read the color purple. Second, As the protagonist of the book, Celie is the representative of all the repressed women who fight to be free. The path of Celies independence is an important and inspiring part in The Color Purple. I hope by studying this topic, we can help to provide spiritual power for oppressed women who want to seek for freedom and find a solution for the plight of women in ethnic minorities in western society. There are three chapters in addition to introduction and conclusion in this paper. Part one is the introduction part which presents the social conditions of the American Feminist Movement and main story of the color purple. Part two is chapter one. It analyses the causes of celies ugliness, including social oppression from racism and patriarchal society and family causes. Chapter two discusses the driving forces for the transmutation of celie. Black womens creativity and mutual assistance among them are key points to her transmutation. Through the love and concern among women, she learns with the spirit of resistance, finding her own spiritual beliefs and pillars. Chapter three presents the basic definition of female beauty and analyses the celies beauty after her independence. She grows from an ugly duckling who can only tolerate everything silently into an independent and beautiful white swan with women consciousness. The conclusion part summarizes the main content of this paper and the social meaning of this topic. In The Color Purple, Alice Walker portrays several independent and strong females. She criticizes the traditional patriarchal society and advocates the spirit of fighting. It has a profound effect in enhancing the status of black women. Through the description of Celie, Alice Walker uses a unique perspective to reflect the life and feelings, pain and hope of American blacks, especially black women. They are not only oppressed and injured by racial discrimination of the white people, but also suffer from the abuse and insult from black men. Feminist movement in the 1960s improves this situation. They begin to think about how to defend their dignity and how to struggle against racial discrimination and sexual discrimination. The Color Purple repines against the fate of black women. It also reveals the ways of fighting for their liberation. Ok, thats all.