The Color Purple
The Color Purple is a 1982 novel by Alice Walker that won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award or Fiction. The novel takes place mostly in rural Georgia and it focuses on the female black life during the 1930s in the south of the United States. It addresses numerous issues including their low position in American social culture.
The Color Purple presents us Celie, the main character and the narrator, is abused and raped by her Pa, who takes away her children after they're born. Later, Pa marries Celie off to a man who is just as abusive as he is. Her new husban, Mr.__, simply marries Celie to care of his four children, look after his house and to work in his fields. She is somewhat happy to be married to Mr.___ because now she can remove her younger sister, Nettie, from Pa's household. However, after Nettie lives in Mr.___'s house without encouraging his sexual advances, he kicks her out. Eventhough, Nettie promises to write to her sister, Celie doesn't hear from her. Celie's life gets worse as she's now separated from the only person in the world who she loves and loves her back.
Celie's life changes when Mr.___ brings his ill mistress, Shug, home for Celie to nurse her. Shug is everything that Celie isn't. She is sexy, sassy, and indepentend. Quickly, Celie falls in ove with him and he loves her back. For the first time in her life, Celie has a chance to enjoy sex, romance, and friendship. Together with Shug, Celie discovers the mistery of Nelie's silence for so many decades: Mr.___ has been hidding all of her letters in his trunk. When Celie's find the letters, it opens a new world for her. Instead of being angry, she realizes the abuses she has suffered from Mr.___. This discovery gives her the strength to leave him and she heads off to Memphis with Shug to start a new life.
Nettie's letters changes the way that Celies sees the world. Also from Nettie, Celie learns that Pa is not her biological father. She learns that Nettie is living with the Reverend Samuel and his family working in a mission in Africa. Also, the Reverend Samuel, adopted Celie's two children from Pa many years back. Nettie, Samuel, and the children plan to return from Africa soon. She learns that Pa has died and she also find out that the house that Pa lived in, actually belonged to her and Nellie since their mother died.
From this on, Celie owns a home, which she separates for Nelie's arrival. Now, as an independent woman, she remains close friends with Shug although he is not faithful nor romantic. After she left Mr.___, he became a changed man. He is reformed and is now a decent guy. Also Celie is not romantically interested in him, the now enjoy each other's company as friends.
After several decades abroad in Africa, Nettie returns with Samuel, who is now her husband, and Celie's two children. The sisters have a blissfrul reunion and although they are now old women, they got the sense that they've just begun the best years of their lives.
The novel The Color Purple, envolves many important themes such as racism and sexism. Although none of the abusers in the novel possess a demon-like personality, they could be shown as evil. The characters that perpetuate violence are themselves, victims of sexim, racism, or paternalism. In the novel, Harpo beats Sofia after his father indicated that because of Sofia's resistance, Harpo is less of a man and although Mr. Johnson is quiet violent towards Celie, she councels Harpo to beat Sofia because she is envious of Sofia's strenght.
The Color Purple presents us Celie, the main character and the narrator, is abused and raped by her Pa, who takes away her children after they're born. Later, Pa marries Celie off to a man who is just as abusive as he is. Her new husban, Mr.__, simply marries Celie to care of his four children, look after his house and to work in his fields. She is somewhat happy to be married to Mr.___ because now she can remove her younger sister, Nettie, from Pa's household. However, after Nettie lives in Mr.___'s house without encouraging his sexual advances, he kicks her out. Eventhough, Nettie promises to write to her sister, Celie doesn't hear from her. Celie's life gets worse as she's now separated from the only person in the world who she loves and loves her back.
Celie's life changes when Mr.___ brings his ill mistress, Shug, home for Celie to nurse her. Shug is everything that Celie isn't. She is sexy, sassy, and indepentend. Quickly, Celie falls in ove with him and he loves her back. For the first time in her life, Celie has a chance to enjoy sex, romance, and friendship. Together with Shug, Celie discovers the mistery of Nelie's silence for so many decades: Mr.___ has been hidding all of her letters in his trunk. When Celie's find the letters, it opens a new world for her. Instead of being angry, she realizes the abuses she has suffered from Mr.___. This discovery gives her the strength to leave him and she heads off to Memphis with Shug to start a new life.
Nettie's letters changes the way that Celies sees the world. Also from Nettie, Celie learns that Pa is not her biological father. She learns that Nettie is living with the Reverend Samuel and his family working in a mission in Africa. Also, the Reverend Samuel, adopted Celie's two children from Pa many years back. Nettie, Samuel, and the children plan to return from Africa soon. She learns that Pa has died and she also find out that the house that Pa lived in, actually belonged to her and Nellie since their mother died.
From this on, Celie owns a home, which she separates for Nelie's arrival. Now, as an independent woman, she remains close friends with Shug although he is not faithful nor romantic. After she left Mr.___, he became a changed man. He is reformed and is now a decent guy. Also Celie is not romantically interested in him, the now enjoy each other's company as friends.
After several decades abroad in Africa, Nettie returns with Samuel, who is now her husband, and Celie's two children. The sisters have a blissfrul reunion and although they are now old women, they got the sense that they've just begun the best years of their lives.
The novel The Color Purple, envolves many important themes such as racism and sexism. Although none of the abusers in the novel possess a demon-like personality, they could be shown as evil. The characters that perpetuate violence are themselves, victims of sexim, racism, or paternalism. In the novel, Harpo beats Sofia after his father indicated that because of Sofia's resistance, Harpo is less of a man and although Mr. Johnson is quiet violent towards Celie, she councels Harpo to beat Sofia because she is envious of Sofia's strenght.