Alice Walker's The Color Purple is an elaborate mixture of women joined by their love for each other, the men who abuse them, and the children they care for. Celie, a nearly illiterate black Georgia girl, writes letters to God, telling him that she is only fourteen, but already treated like a house working mother. She is busy every day with cooking, cleaning, and caring for a lot of brothers and sisters because of her mother's failing sickness. To make things worse, her father has raped her. The Color Purple is more than just entertainment because the story shows what poverty in the old days was like, especially among the colored people and the hard way of life created from the white man. This novel deals with real life situations which no one would talk about.
As a little girl, Celie is frequently unprotected to abuse both verbal and physically. She thinks that she can fight it off by keeping it to herself and god. She feels that if she’s invisible enough, it’ll go away. Her sister Nettie has written countless letters to Celie, all of which, Albert, also known as Mr. as Celie identifies him, has hidden. When Celie discovers Nettie's letters, she not only catches up on her sister's amazing life, she also finds out that her two children are alive and now living with a couple that Nettie is also staying with. Nettie's letters …show more content…
The day she finally uses her own voice is when she is full of anger towards Albert. She curses him for the years of abusing her and his disrespectfulness. Being mean as he is, Albert reacts in his insulting manner. Celie doesn’t let his mean put-downs gain control. She is so full of frustration that she is using her voice that she didn’t have in the beginning. Celie decides to start writing letters to God. She feels that they are her only way out and means of expressing her identity. Even though God is not alive, she believes that he is her only