Analytical Essay On The Color Purple

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The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker was an amazing book and awesome movie. The friend of Celie who was her confident hero and sympathetic listener that she confided in was Shug Avery. Besides Nettie, she was the only person that Celie loved and was loved by. Shug made Celie feel like a confident woman and gave her pure happiness. They also developed a special and intimate relationship together. Celie was abused as a young girl by her dad who continually raped her, which led to her having two children by him. One day a man by the name of Mister wanted to have Celie’s sister Nettie as a wife, their father refused and offered Celie instead and Mister accepted the arrange deal. Mister beat Celie and took sexual advantages of …show more content…

They drew closer and closer. When Shug was sick Celie was right there taking care of her and got her back on her feet. Celie began to get comfortable and told Shug how Mister beats and gets on top of her to do his business when she’s not around. Shug felt sorry for her because she sought that no woman should be treated that way. So Shug stayed longer and helped her become happy again since her sister and hers departure earlier in the novel. Throughout the novel, Shug continued to be there for Celie and help her become an independent woman. At one of Shug’s concert at Harpo’s Place he built, men and women teased Celie and called her Misters maid. So at the end of the concert Shug named a song “Miss Celie” and it was about how good of a woman she was and to stay strong which made Celie happy. After the song was over everyone clapped and smiled at Celie which made her even …show more content…

This made Mister mad and he started calling Celie all kinds low and dirty name to make her feel bad but this time Shug and her fought back, and they won. Celie became to have a better life with Shug and wore nice, classy, and stylish clothing. With the help of Shug, Celie became very successful and popular. She developed a very happy life living in Shug’s luxurious and beautifully decorated house. Shug inspired Celie to start her own business, which led Celie to launch Folkspants, Unlimited. Over the year, Mister became a better man. He began to take care of his own land, and cleaned his house. He completely transformed. Celie and Mister developed a very nice friendship. Eventually, Celie found out her so called dad is actually her step-dad. He dies and all of the families land and property goes to Celie and Nettie. Celie stay their until her sister, brother in law, daughter, son, son in law, and daughter in law arrive from Africa. So they all came back

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