My narrator of The Color Purple is Ms./Mrs. Celie. She is portrayed as an ugly, stupid, skinny African Amerian woman. Celie, in my opinion, is a sweet girl who doesn't know what she is doing because her Pa and Arthur control what she does. Celie is one to fall for chores and giving in to sex because she couldn't control any of it. Celie describes, "He beat me for dressing trampy but he do it to me anyway" (Walker 7). Celie is referring to Pa because her mammy was sick. She dressed up in her mammy's heals and feathers that he doesn't like, but he will make her have sex anyways. It just goes to show that Celie didn't have a clue of her surroundings. She was too young of a person to know what was happening to her. Celie obviously knew it was bad, but she knew she couldn't do anything to her Pa because he could've done something terribly wrong to her, like even beat her to death. My view of Celie changed dramatically when she stood up for herself at a family dinner with Shug. She told Arthur she wasn't dealing with his nonsense anymore and Shug said Celie was going to Memphis, Tennessee with Shug. Celie left and she was an entrepreneur for her famous pants clothing line, "Celie's Folk Pants." They came in all sizes and she made all her time spent on that to sell amounts of pants for money. Celie was given house she grew up in and lived there happily. Celie viewed herself as young woman. She felt better about herself as a whole and Arthur actually loved her for her this time. She was loved and felt good for once in the book. She changed for the good and Celie ended as a brave, independent woman in the South.
I believe Alice Walker chose Celie because Alice may have lived a similar life as Celie. Alice may have wanted a narrator to describe the depth of women in the South in the 1900s to give us people today views of society in the 1900s. The author wanted the readers to view the nasty things these women went through with men. Alice could have been beaten by her father, or could've just had a live as a slave. Alice shows that Celie is a weak woman in the beginning of the story. Celie is only a teenage a girl with not much education. Alice try's to show that younger woman, such as Celie cannot control a man. She gives flashy scenes of Celie being raped and beaten by her Pa. Showing us readers how Celie was forced to marry Mr. _____. Celie's quote says, "How she could come to me if I marry him and he be so love struck with her I could figure out a way for us to run away" (Walker 9). Alice uses this to engage the reader with the problem of Celie marrying Arthur when he loves Nettie, but Nettie is too young. Celie feels terrible and doesn't want to lose her sister because Nettie loves him back. Alice wants to give foreshadow that they could run away for Nettie to marry Mr. ____, but that isn't what happens at all. Celie deals with Arthur for a while and Alice brings out an urge of anger with standing up for womens' rights. Celie always seems to dig down on herself and Alice could've done that to herself living with people who controlled her. I like Alice Walker and I like the way she wanted Celie to be the narrator. Celie could be another Alice Walker just as a character. Alice shows power for the climax and shows that women can have control. It shows how women can be stoned than what they really are and no one is stupid or ugly in any way. It shows how love is portrayed and anyone can love anyone. Alice made a happy ending and I'm sure that's how Alice's life ended up was happy.
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