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
She believes that “Pa” has either killed or sold her children. Celie’s mother dies soon after she finds out that Celie has given birth to two children by Alphonso. Additionally, Albert, who is referred to as “Mister,” wants to marry Celie’s little sister Nettie, but “Pa” does not want to give Nettie away to him. Instead he gives Celie away for “Mister” to marry.
Celie seems to be Shug's only real friend. Shug is perceived as a manipulative and superficial person but also comes off as a free spirit while on stage. When Shug falls ill, none of the people who seem to enjoy her singing come to see her; they enjoy her music more than they like her. Even her lover,
Mahdi Deghani attributes this rejection to the “fear of God [which] has prevented her from standing up to her tyrannical patriarchal force which is imposed upon her” (Dehghani 452). At the start of the relationship, Celie was afraid of God instead of loving Him, showing the fear Celie had on all the authoritative men in her life. To Celie, God is just another man who never responds to help her, which is why the relationship never allowed her to become more self-confident. On the contrary, at the end of the novel, Celie creates a stronger relationship with God as she is able to connect with Him more spiritually. Celie’s final letter starts with, “Dear God.
The problem of Mr. ____ gets taken care of when Shug and her discover the letters that Mr. ____ has been withholding. Shug can see that he does not care for Celie at all, and that Celie has to get away from him. After reading the letters, they just lie together and for the first time since Nettie, she has a family member. She calls Shug her sister.
Celie lived her entire life surrounded by a male-dominated society. She became a
Shug encourages Celie to be more confident and see her true beauty. Walker portrays her being helpful to represent the development of when we first heard of her up until now. When Shug first heard of Mr. beating Celie, she felt frustration but instead comforted Celie. As Shug and Celie sat on the bench, Shug “Then she kiss me on the fleshy part of my shoulder and stand up. I wont leave, she say”(Walker 75).
Decided between the marriages, the group of women was going to move away from Harpo and start over. Thanks to Harpo, Shug and Celie ended up finding love together, Shug and Mary Agnes finding fame through song, and Celie opening up her own business in making custom pants. Even though Harpo is known to abuse
Shug tells Celie to think of something radically different, So she gets rid of the patriarchal image of God, she then sees him as a different God. Which is why her journal entries started with :Dear
Once Shug is able to feel acquainted with Celie they find themselves doing everything together. Shug teaches Celies about herself mentally, spiritually, and physically with her body. The book captures the feelings held between the Celie and Shug with vibrant words and sentences between the two characters. ¨She say, I love you, Miss Celie. And then she haul off and kiss me on the mouth (Walker, 1982).¨
Shug feels terrible about what she makes Celie feel yet still asks for Celie’s blessing to be with Germaine, and knows it hurts Celie and ultimately leaves her. Shug has red flags of her own with her high expectations of undying loyalty but compensates with how alluring she
In the book Celie is a young girl near 20 when she gets married. She is writing letters to God and going through her emotions, thoughts, and feelings on the way. By the end with knowing Shug Avery and Sofia she learns to embrace her womanhood and stands up to Mister. In the end she states, “And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest I ever felt.”
Shug helps Celie find the letters her sister had been sending over the years since Albert made Nettie leave. Albert had hide the letters from Celie in a box under the floorboards in the closet. Shug showed Celie the love she had been lacking in her life. Near the end of the story Celie finally acquires enough courage to stand up to Albert at the dinner table. Celie defends herself and says the things she’s been holding back.
By the end of the story, Celie 's life changed to the better. She worked and got her own house and business. “The house belong to your sister Nettie and you” (244). She also made women and men to wear pants as her hobby which later became her job. After Celie 's step dad died the house owner became Celie and Nettie 's.
The conversation takes place in letter seventy-three where Celie learns that Shug had also believed in a conventional stereotyped God at one point in her life but had since advanced and developed a pantheist belief. This reassured Celie greatly and gave her a focus to her
She is unable to do anything other than serve as an object. She suffers through a lot of pain that causes her to lose sense of her feelings. Not only does this malign her, but also generations to come. In the beginning, Celie’s innocence is taken away from her believed to be father.