To begin, The Color Purple is a book relatable to many women that have been also abused, and or mistreated by their husbands. It starts off by stating that Celie at age fourteen had been sexually abused by her father thus, her two “miscarriages” which she believes is a lie her father formulated in order to justify his murder of the children. Celie, as a passive character keeps everything to herself and tries to keep a “normal” life; her mother died, and now she is …show more content…
She let men make her feel like she was nothing and she believed the lies everyone told her about her appearance. Celie is also a believer in God because she always wrote letters to God about her life almost as if God was her best friend whom she can always tell her life problems to. Celie is also a person with a great character. As Walter Anderson said “Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.” And that's what Celie did. She did not stay depressed but instead chose to have a positive response in her life