The struggle depicted in The Color Purple and Desiree's Baby The Color Purple written by Alice Walker and Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin were written in different time periods, but there there are a lot of similarities in how women fought. Both stories describe women who have experienced hardship and despite it all continued to show unconditional love. In the two stories there are cases that deal with quite similar children. This shows that novels can span totally different time periods and could still be discussing the same things. Unconditional love within families can sometimes be enough to keep people going during the difficult times they experience. This is true between sisters. In The Color Purple, Nettie and Cellie's unconditional love for each other helped them deal with the problems they both faced. Unconditional love was shown through Cellie's incessant writing hoping one of her letters would arrive. She never gave up at any point. This love helped Nettie live with her verbally and physically abusive husband Albert. Desiree on the other hand not being related to the women she called her mother; Madame Valmonde still had enormous love for her. When Desiree's husband told her to leave, her mother said, “Come home to Valmonde; go back to your mother who loves you." This shows that it doesn't take blood to create a strong bond and this despite everything; unconditional love will always help you get through difficult times. During the different periods in which both stories were written, the way African Americans were treated was quite similar. In 1909, when The Color Purple took place, it was before women were truly seen for what they are and were simply considered a caretaker and a servant. The fact that Nettie was black didn't help because she was considered stupid when she was actually smart. During the years she was married to Albert, with a little help from her sister Cellie learned to read. Slavery was happening around the time Desiree's Baby was written. It was a horrible thing to be African American and a woman during that time. When Desiree was thought to be African American, her husband avoided her and wanted nothing to do with her.