This historical novel is written in first person points of view. The majority of the time is Celie’s voice, but Celie’s sister Nettie writes some of the letters that are in the book. The story covers thirty years of Celie’s life from childhood to her maturity as an independent woman.
This story takes place during 1910 through 1940 in rural Georgia. The setting of Celie’s story is recognizable among poor blacks of the era. As a poor black woman, Celie’s bad treatment is easily ignored. Having very little education or even experience with the outside world, Celie lives most of her life isolated and ignorant.
The protagonist and narrator of The Color Purple. Celie is an uneducated, poor black woman with a depressing personal history. She …show more content…
Throughout Celie’s time with Shug, she encouraged Celie to grow stronger as a woman. However it isn’t easy for Celie to express her independence but after she discovers how bad her husband has been to her, she refused to be his slave any longer. By the end of the novel she figured out that her sister Nettie has been writing to her for decades not only finding out that Nettie was alive but that she had been taking care of Celie’s two children. Celie grew physically and mentally as she matured into a normal, Solid, twentieth century woman.
Celie’s love for her sister got her through everything bad that went wrong in Celie life. The motivation of her sister possibly being alive even though she hasn’t heard from her in years. After Celie and Shug find the hidden letters Celie is even more motivated to become the new found strong women she is learning to be. Not only the finding of Celie’s sister being alive but also the ware bouts of her two children, whom where taken from her by Celie’s …show more content…
Eventually Celie is married off to Mr.___. Celie is only happy about the marriage because she has an opportunity to take her sister, Nettie away from their Pa, after awhile Nettie is kicked out of Mr.__ household since she wont obey his sexual asking’s. Mr.___ makes Celie’s life worse and worse, since then she has no self-worth and uneducated, until Mr.__ brings home his ill mistress for Celie to nurse to health. At that point Celie’s life was starting to change, Celie begins to fall in love with Shug and Shug fell in love with Celie. When Celie finds her sister’s letters, it unlocks a new world for her. Instead of being submissive, she realizes the full extent of the abuses she has suffered from Mr.__. This knowledge gives her the strength to leave him. Celie heads off to Memphis with Shug to start a new life. Celie learns that Pa has died. She also finds out that the house that Pa lived in actually has belonged to Celie and Nettie since their mother passed away. After Celie left Mr.__, he became a changed man. He’s reformed and is now a pretty decent guy. Nettie returns with Samuel, her husband, and with Celie’s two children. The sisters have a blissful reunion, and although they’re now old women, we get the sense that they’ve just begun the best years of their
This story takes place during 1910 through 1940 in rural Georgia. The setting of Celie’s story is recognizable among poor blacks of the era. As a poor black woman, Celie’s bad treatment is easily ignored. Having very little education or even experience with the outside world, Celie lives most of her life isolated and ignorant.
The protagonist and narrator of The Color Purple. Celie is an uneducated, poor black woman with a depressing personal history. She …show more content…
Throughout Celie’s time with Shug, she encouraged Celie to grow stronger as a woman. However it isn’t easy for Celie to express her independence but after she discovers how bad her husband has been to her, she refused to be his slave any longer. By the end of the novel she figured out that her sister Nettie has been writing to her for decades not only finding out that Nettie was alive but that she had been taking care of Celie’s two children. Celie grew physically and mentally as she matured into a normal, Solid, twentieth century woman.
Celie’s love for her sister got her through everything bad that went wrong in Celie life. The motivation of her sister possibly being alive even though she hasn’t heard from her in years. After Celie and Shug find the hidden letters Celie is even more motivated to become the new found strong women she is learning to be. Not only the finding of Celie’s sister being alive but also the ware bouts of her two children, whom where taken from her by Celie’s …show more content…
Eventually Celie is married off to Mr.___. Celie is only happy about the marriage because she has an opportunity to take her sister, Nettie away from their Pa, after awhile Nettie is kicked out of Mr.__ household since she wont obey his sexual asking’s. Mr.___ makes Celie’s life worse and worse, since then she has no self-worth and uneducated, until Mr.__ brings home his ill mistress for Celie to nurse to health. At that point Celie’s life was starting to change, Celie begins to fall in love with Shug and Shug fell in love with Celie. When Celie finds her sister’s letters, it unlocks a new world for her. Instead of being submissive, she realizes the full extent of the abuses she has suffered from Mr.__. This knowledge gives her the strength to leave him. Celie heads off to Memphis with Shug to start a new life. Celie learns that Pa has died. She also finds out that the house that Pa lived in actually has belonged to Celie and Nettie since their mother passed away. After Celie left Mr.__, he became a changed man. He’s reformed and is now a pretty decent guy. Nettie returns with Samuel, her husband, and with Celie’s two children. The sisters have a blissful reunion, and although they’re now old women, we get the sense that they’ve just begun the best years of their