The Color Purple...#1

Only fifty pages into the book, I feel like there are many unanswered questions, but at the same time I feel like I have a somewhat good understanding of what's going on in the story. Celie started out in a really rough situation as a childhood. She suffered through horrific scenes with her father, and from many other people in her life. As her sister Nettie is being asked to marry a Mr ______, her father insists he wants Celie instead. She goes to marry him, while Nettie fights for her life with the other siblings. Celie's new husband has three children, with an ex named Shug Avery. Celie sees a new found hope in Shug Avery, because she represents everything she wants to be-- strong, brave, successful. Harpo, her new stepson, comes off as rude at first. He tells Celie about the girl he is in love with, and from there the relationship blossoms to new heights. Mr. _______ insists on the old fashioned way of women- pg 37-- "Wives is like children. You have to let 'em know who got the upper hand. Nothing can do that better than a good sound beating." Celie is used to being treated like this, and doesn't know what to do anymore. Explaining it to Sofia, she says she feels nothing anymore when she is angry. She doesn't know how to do much of anything except for doing whatever it takes to live. She doesn't worry about being happy, she just focuses on staying alive. Shug Avery is now living with the family, and Mr. _____ is spending all his time with her. Celie doesn't take it too personally, but deep down the reader knows it must bother her. Shug is very sick, and at this time I'm working on figuring out what is wrong with her, and how Mr. _____ ended up picking her up and taking her in. Shug is acting as a role model for Celie, but this may end up as a disappointment because she is now realizing that the picture she once viewed doesn't represent the same attitudes the real life Shug Avery has.