Alice Walkers text The Flowers was written in the 1970s During this time era racism was a huge issue especially against Africa American people The Flowers is about a young African American girl Myop who one day explores the land she lives near Through imagery symbolism and language Walker documents the transition of Myops childhood innocence to an awareness of the worlds atrocities One of the many examples of this is Walkers use of light dark terms The beginning of the text clearly focuses on M