艾丽丝.沃克的《紫颜色》被认为是近年来美国黑人文学和妇女文学的一部代表作。作品里描写了一群女性冲破男权的枷锁走向独立的过程。本文通过对其中三位女性索菲亚、莎格和西丽亚的分析,从而得出女性独立靠的是女性思想意识的觉醒,女性群体之间互相帮助和彼此支持,还有女性要立足于社会需要的经济独立。 Alice Walker’s “Purple Color” is considered as a masterpiece of American black literature and women’s literature in recent years. The work portrays a group of women breaking the shackles of patriarchal power toward independence. Through the analysis of three of the women, Sophia, Sage and Celia, this paper draws a conclusion that female independence depends on the awakening of women’s ideology, the mutual assistance and support of women groups, and the need of women based on social needs Economic independence.