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I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don’t notice it. -Shug Avery
Who is Celie
Celie is the main character in the Oprah Winfrey movie The Color Purple. Who is a poor black woman. Who is sexually abused. Who is impregnated by a man not once but twice who she believes is her biological father. Who is forced to marry at an early age. Who is beaten and emotionally abused by her husband Mister. Who is separated from the only family she knows, her sister Nettie. Who is compared to Nettie and other women and deemed useless and physically unattractive.
Celie cooks delicious meals, cleans Mister’s house into a home and dotingly raises and builds life long bonds with his three children. Celie consistently visits her daughter in law in jail for six consecutive years after she was wrongly imprisoned. Celie sees the beauty in Mister’s vivacious lover, Shug, who regularly stays at their house.