Perspectives

This part of the study guide will look at “How Did I Get Away with Killing One of the Biggest Lawyers in the State? It Was Easy” by Alice Walker from different perspectives that will help you engage in a broader discussion about the text. These perspectives concern literary period and genre, other works by Alice Walker, and works with similar themes by other auth…

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Literary period and genre

Alice Walker’s short story is an example of postmodernist African-American literature. Postmodernism defines the literary period starting with the 1960s and up to present day. African-American literature is a sub-genre of literature which foc…

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Works with the same theme or by the same author

If you want to familiarize yourself with Alice Walker’s style of writing and the themes she explores, we recommend that you read her short stories “The Abortion” and “The Flowers”.

“The Abortion” (American Issues, p. 148) follows an educated African-American woman as she has an abortion and her relationship with her husband disintegrates because the man fails to understand her needs.

“The Flowers” (Texting - 1st Year Fiction, p. 1…