One main theme in The Tale of Genji is the idea of how relationships worked in the emperor's court in Japan one thousand years ago. I don't think that the story so much explains how all people acted towards one another, but rather gives insight to the culture and guidelines for courting and marriage...

The Color Purple by Alice Walker is about the life and times of Celie. Celie is a woman who has had a hard life. At the age of 14 she is raped by the person she thinks is her father and bores two children for him. Pa, as Celie calls him, gives her children away to a local Minster where they were ...