Walker uses the historic sense of her novel as a framework on which to research God’s existence and the value of simple beauty in seeking meaning in such an omnipresent universe of significance that it is oblivious to time or place. She simply uses the sense of injustice and violence to illustrate how irrelevant it is to pursue meaning in life. It would be difficult to analyze the novel without noticing the significance of its historical set-up and Walker’s masterful manipulation without the richness of its historic meaning.