Celie In The Color Purple

In The Color Purple, Celie, a young black woman is abused by her father. Ever since she was a little girl he beat her. "He beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church. I may have got somethin in my eye but I didn’t wink. I don’t even look at mens. That’s the truth. I look at women, tho, cause I’m not scared of them" (Walker 5). Despite this persistent abuse throughout her early life, she is able to let go and rise above it. She finds what she wants and she is inspired to move on.

People around the world go through unimaginable horrors every day. These people must find a way to cope, or better yet, overcome. Countries, governments, and everyday citizens send aid to those in need, but the will of one to overcome their adversity is what helps them to transform their life. In The Color Purple, Celie, a fourteen-year-old, is living in a family where she is beaten and raped by her father regularly. She is not educated like her sister, Nettie. Her father, Alphonso, ends up marrying her to a man who is called Mr. ____, and through this experience, Celie meets many characters who help her to view people and society in a different way. People undergo many traumatic experiences, and the decisions that one makes, may prove to change the series of unfortunate events. The striving to improve lives and the understanding of them is achieved through overcoming adversity. Which, in turn, helps one to transform into whom they want to be. One source says, “Celie's transformation from a young passive girl, who is the object

In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, readers are introduced to Celie. She is a young, uneducated, and naive girl who, as a consequence, has a submissive nature. Whether out of fear, she follows as she is told with little thought for her wishes and desires, no matter what. For example, “I want her to do what I say, like you do for Pa.”(Walker 63). As she has a submissive nature, readers later understand that that is the only way she knows how to live and it keeps her alive.

Celie has been emotionally abused by multiple characters in The Color Purple. Celie was frequently told she was an undesirable, ugly woman only meant to be used by other. She believed this, leading her to hate her physical appearance, and her self. After being impregnated by her father Celie was forced to quit attending school which broke her down even more. She began to feel very stupid and illiterate. The day her sister Nettie was forced to leave her side had destroyed her emotionally. Nettie was the only person she loved, other than her children, and the only person she felt loved her back. Celie was also given away unwilling as a wife. to Mr. ____ who treated her terribly. While living with Mr.___ she met a woman, Shug Avery, a woman she came to love and hold the in highest

Celie practically struggled for happiness her whole existence. Her father sold her to a man who had no intent of loving or caring for her. Celies’ husband whom she refers to as Mr. physically and verbally abused her. Mr. felt that the only way to keep a woman in check was to beat her and he did just that throughout the movie. Like any woman would though the abuse Celie lost herself and respect for herself. Living with Mr. was a life full of darkness and hatred. Life with her husband was no better life than life with her stepfather. It took years for Celie to become brave enough to fight back for what she accept as true and gain understanding of how to convey amusement and have little outlook on life. After years of abuse, Celie no longer was afraid of Mr. She no longer cared for her husband or the

In the Color Purple, Celie faces three different kinds of oppression. These are sexual, emotional, and physical. She deals with this oppression by building bonds and finding solace in other women. These bonds that she builds with these other women lead Celie to recognize that women share a natural connection and, despite the power of patriarchy, women have more wisdom than men. Walker’s idea of womanism and why it is important can be seen through this recognition. These bonds and Celie’s newfound recognition, Celie was led to a total transformation in her character making her more independent, strong, and able to leave her past life behind her.

    Celie is not a typical protagonist. In Alice Walker's The Color Purple, the main character Celie is an ugly, poor girl who is severely lacking in self-confidence. However, Celie transforms throughout the course of the novel and manages to realize herself as a colorful, beautiful, and proud human being. Celie becomes a powerful individual.

In movie The Color Purple, the main character Celie, is used to show how finding your voice and asserting yourself can help you resist maltreatment. Celie made it evident to viewers that everyone holds the strength to confront and overcome hardships, our textbook, A Woman’s Book of Life, describes this message periodically throughout its entirety. In the movie a memorable scene occurs at the dinner table when Albert, her abusive husband, finds out that Celie is leaving him to go with Shug to Memphis. Celie stands up at the table and tells Albert to his face, "I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and can't cook, a voice say to everything listening. But I'm here”, this is the first time Celie found her voice and used it to overpower Albert. It

Celie has been emotionally abused by multiple characters in The Color Purple. Celie was frequently told she was an undesirable, ugly woman only meant to be used by other. She believed this, leading her to hate her physical appearance, and her self. After being impregnated by her father Celie was forced to quit attending school which broke her down even more. She began to feel very stupid and illiterate. The day her sister Nettie was forced to leave her side had destroyed her emotionally. Nettie was the only person she loved, other than her children, and the only person she felt loved her back. Celie was also given away unwilling as a wife. to Mr.______ who treated her terribly. While living with

Alice Walker characterizes the main character Celie in The Color Purple as a male-dominated and abused woman that struggles with feelings of insecurity and pain. Therefore, when Walker was creating the characterization of Celie, it is evident that she was influenced by that personal experience. Evelyn C. White quotes Alice Walker when she reveals “The unhappy truth is that I was left feeling a great deal of pain and loss and forced to think I had somehow brought it on myself.” Celie tells her story through the letters she writes to God and her sister Nettie. In love and

Celie’s personality can best be interpreted through her occupation and what people called her, whether it may be “Celie” or “Miss Celie”. Those that refer to her as “Miss Celie” have respect and car for her deeply, like Shug and Sophia. Mr._ calls her Celie because the informal name represents the lack of respect he shows Celie. An example of his disrespect is when he beats, threatens, and screams at her, a lot of the time just for being slow.

“The Color Purple” is an epistolary novel that narrates an invented story that it would be perfectly reliable. The book, written by Alice Walker, tells the history of a black girl named Celie, a girl that is living in the United States, in a secluded and rural city.

“Well, sometime Mister git on me pretty hard. I have to talk to Old Maker. But he my husband. I shrug my shoulders. This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways.” (Walker 42). Anytime Mister would physically touch Celie in any way, she would shut up and go along with it. Celie had such a fear of men from when she was younger that she thought that a man should be higher than a woman when in marriage. Celie was forced to marry Mister to tend the children, perform the housework, and to pleasure Mister as a woman. Shug Avery thought Celie was worth so much more than Celie believed she was herself. Shug knew she had to teach Celie how to believe in herself against men and that she isn’t what she thinks men see her as.

In The Color Purple, there were several themes such as Violence, Sexuality, Power, God or Spiritually. Power is a key role in this novel. Walker focuses throughout the novel that the ability to express someone’s thoughts and feelings is critical to developing a sense of self. Initially, Celie is truly unable to resist those who abuse her. Remembering Alphonso’s warning that she “better not never tell nobody but God” about him abusing her. , Celie knows that the only way to keep it is to remain silent and invisible. Celie is emphasize an object, an entirely accepting party who has no power to give herself through

In The Color Purple, there were several themes such as Violence, Sexuality, Power, God or Spiritually. Power is a key role in this novel. Walker focuses throughout the novel that the ability to express someone’s thoughts and feelings is critical to developing a sense of self. Initially, Celie is completely unable to resist those who abuse her. Remembering Alphonso’s warning that she “better not never tell nobody but God” about his abuse of her, Celie feels that the only way to keep it is to remain silent and invisible. Celie is essentially an object, an entirely passive party who has no power to give herself