In spite of her apparent sophistication and prosperity, the house in Memphis is not an elegant or tasteful dwelling, decorated as it is with statues of elephants and turtles and painted bright pink.
She leads an irresponsible nomadic existence in many ways, appearing to give little thought to her three children and only trying to make contact with them towards the end of the novel. In her single-minded pursuit of Germaine she does not think about the pain this causes others.
Black success Untypical for the time in which the novel is set, Shug is a rich and successful black performer, having made enough money to build a large house in Memphis and run a car. Celie on the other hand never seeks to be in the limelight and is so traumatised by her experiences with men that she can only cope with her shame by imagining that she is made of wood. Altruism or selfishness? Immaturity In a sense Shug is naive and childish.
Disobedience to the known will of God. According to Christian theology human beings have displayed a pre-disposition to sin since the Fall of Humankind. The Bible describes God as the unique supreme being, creator and ruler of the universe. Scan and go Scan on your mobile for direct link. Women were also inferior to men, both black and white. Black women were then especially disadvantaged. Celie endured many difficulties reflective of this time and she suffered highly, but the novel shows us that Celie remained strong and defeated many obstacles to show the strength of a woman.
Celie has suffered psychological damage through verbal abuse, physical abuse and sexual violence all her life. This caused Celie to view herself as worthless, powerless and incorporate the animosity.
Early on in the book Celie is sexually abused by her father and bears two children to him, which he takes away from Celie. This is where we learn why Celie writes her letters to God. She also does not sign her letters which indicates her lack in showing her identity. She is made to feel unattractive and unintelligent by her Pa.
Translate PDF. She tells her story writing letters to God since her step — father raped her and prohibited her to tell someone but god about her life. After Celie was raped at the age of fourteen, she gave birth to two children and became sterile. Her children were given to the wife of a missionary who went to live in Africa.
Celie was married off to a man she called Mr. He treats her as a slave, once he believes a good wife is someone to cook, clean and tend to the children. But even when she makes all the hard work right, , he constantly beats her.
However, when she meets Sofia, her life and opinions began to be questioned. It was Shug who taught her how to stand up for herself. The first important thing that Celie learns is to take care of somebody for love, since her sister was banished from the house by Albert. Once she loved Shug, she started to love herself. Shug is presented as the woman that all the men wanted and all the women hated.
Her behavior defied the social conventions. So she was oppressed by society. Even the preacher got his mouth on Shug Avery, now she down. He take her condition for his text.
Everybody know who he mean. He talk about a strumpet in short skirts , smoking cigarettes, drinking gin. Singing for money and taking other women mens. Talk about sluts, hussy, heifer, and streetcleaner p.
However ,Celie always idealized Shug as the woman she would like to be because Shug is free and admired by all men, she is always traveling and she has not the life of a slave as she does. On the one hand, Shug helps Celie to free herself from Mr. In public opinion, Shug was said to be prostitute, but when she was with Celie, she could be herself ,a gentle and lovely person. For Celie, the sexual relationship was something that had nothing to do with love or passion, especially, because Albert did not love her.
Before Shug, the sexual experiences Celie had were painful and bad. She had repeatedly been raped by her step-father and with Mr.
He never know the difference. Never ast me how I feel, nothing. Just do his business, get off, go to sleep[…]. Do his business, she say.
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