The Color Purple, by Alice Walker has a variety of characters that, not only develop, but change throughout the movie as well. Characters, such as Celie, progress as the movie goes on and drastically works up the nerve to make a change women at this time struggle with. Celie makes a considerable amount of growth by the end of the movie, as compared to the beginning of the movie. To begin with, Celie is a fourteen year old girl who experiences rape and abuse by her father, as well as having her two children taken away from her. At a young age, she is subjected to undergo a life style no one should ever go through, so she becomes quiet and insecure as a woman. Celie never looks anyone in the eye, always keeps her head down, and never speaks
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Celie’s world changes as she realizes that Nettie is not dead and has been writing to her the whole time. Not only that but Nettie tells her that both of Celie’s children are alive, which gives Celie something to live for again. Celie’s face lights up with excitement and joy, a feeling she hasn’t experienced in a long time.
As a result, Celie finds her own voice and shows her true feelings about Mister and how she is being treated multiple times. She holds a knife to his throat when cutting his beard, spits in Mister’s father’s water, and during the final straw when she gets in Mister’s face with a knife and curses him. All of her feelings that have been building up over the years, from even before being handed over to Mister, explode out of Celie, and she finally Celie is outspoken by this point and knows what she deserves.
In brief, Celie went from being a submissive, timid girl to someone who has confidence, is independent, and has self-actualized. Throughout the entirety of the movie, there is a visual progression of Celie’s character development, one that presents itself to be the strongest in the storyline. With certain events and characters, Celie evolves into her own identity, one that is given to her by her own awareness of the opportunities presented around
Celie’s world changes as she realizes that Nettie is not dead and has been writing to her the whole time. Not only that but Nettie tells her that both of Celie’s children are alive, which gives Celie something to live for again. Celie’s face lights up with excitement and joy, a feeling she hasn’t experienced in a long time.
As a result, Celie finds her own voice and shows her true feelings about Mister and how she is being treated multiple times. She holds a knife to his throat when cutting his beard, spits in Mister’s father’s water, and during the final straw when she gets in Mister’s face with a knife and curses him. All of her feelings that have been building up over the years, from even before being handed over to Mister, explode out of Celie, and she finally Celie is outspoken by this point and knows what she deserves.
In brief, Celie went from being a submissive, timid girl to someone who has confidence, is independent, and has self-actualized. Throughout the entirety of the movie, there is a visual progression of Celie’s character development, one that presents itself to be the strongest in the storyline. With certain events and characters, Celie evolves into her own identity, one that is given to her by her own awareness of the opportunities presented around