The Color Purple #3

I finished the book tonight, finally. The letters between Celie and Nettie got very very boring, to the point that I really couldn't bring myself to read. Today in class though, I decided I should finish the last hundred pages. The last letter I read during class was from Nettie, explaining where exactly Adam and Olivia were adopted from, which gave away more juicy details about Nettie and Celie's past with their father. I read this section multiple times, and still was lost. All I could grasp was that "Pa was not our Pa." But details were still really unclear. Sparknotes cleared this up for me...Celie and Nettie's father had been lynched because his successful store was competetion for the white store owners. The crazy stranger was named Alphonso, a.k.a. the crazy man Celie and Nettie were raised calling "Pa." He knew Samuel, Nettie's newfound husband, and gave him Celie's children because she couldn't take care of them. Because Samuel's wife Corinne didn't know this entire story, she and Nettie's relationship suffered greatly.
Hearing this story, Celie 's life was changed. Shug became her confidant, and her real true friend. Since moving to Memphis, their relationship developed even more. Alphonso soon died after Celie found out the truth, and she was surprised with a great inheritance. Her mother left the house to her and Nettie when she died, so the house that they grew up in was now all hers.
The end of the book dealt with a lot of loss, but in the end, it was for the most part tied back together.  Mr. _____ had a kind of epiphany, resulting in a complete change in his behavior and personality. Shug left Celie with her 19 year old boyfriend. Again, I started losing interest because I didn't really know if this was going to be worth reading. Nettie ended up coming home to Celie with her children and Adam's new wife, as well at Nettie's new husband Samuel.
Overall, I feel like this book had a really good message and it was portrayed very indirectly and directly at the same time. Walker showed me the importance of love, more than just between two people, but more importantly loving oneself. Celie lost faith many times, in herself,in her relationships, and even in God. That other point--that God never leaves us even if we give up and look away--is also stressed, and I think that might be the greatest message of all.