Dear God is a word at the top of every page in The Color Purple. I feel like it is significant to Celie keeping her heart with God. She doesn't want to tell anyone what happens but God because she looks up at God as a forgiver. Whenever she feels like she did something wrong, she thinks about God knowing that she did wrong and God is punishing her from sleep. It's her way of speaking out and letting her life out in a novel. She wants God to know everything and she only really needs one person in her life, God. Much repetition has been about God knowing what happened and her punishment. This "God" term is very effective in her book because it shows that she knows how to communicate with someone that she knows is always there for her in her bad times. It shows that Celie is really a strong woman because of everything she goes through and all she does is talk to God about it. "Sofia. I sin against Sofia spirit" (Walker 39).She knows what she did was wrong and she knew that Sofia would find out that Celie told Harpo to beat Sofia. Celie is always in reach of God and God is significant to the novel.
Bailey Druschel
God in this story is like the only person Celie can talk to. He is a large part of her life, although she has many other people like her sister to talk to. God is effective because in a way its like shes praying to make her life easier or better because she doesn't understand why some of the things happen.
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This reoccurring format also intrigued me. I think it is a symbol is her strong connection to God, and her reliance of him. She seems to only feel safe telling God everything, especially her opinion on things. I believe it is also her copping mechanism and stress reliever. she seems to feel better if she talks to God. I am interested to see if there is a bigger significance to the letter format and its significance to the story.
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God seems to be the only man in her life that will listen to what she has to say. She never mentioned a mans name in her story which I find strange. She looks to the heavenly father for not only a sense of forgiveness in a way, but for guidance as well.
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