Summary

SUMMARY

The Color Purple is story of two sisters that as teens are seperated but once again reunited as adults. Celie marries young in a small southern town and dislikes her relationship with her husband. She then associates all men to be like him and developes a sterotype towards men. Meanwhile, Nettie (Celie's sister) travels with the local pastor, his wife, and their children to Africa for missionary work. Later in the novel, it is discovered that the pastor's children are indeed Celie's children. She thrives on the thoughts of her sister and her children reunited sometime in the future. While Celie is living her life, she meets Shug, the previous lover of Mr. Celie and Shug develop an emotionally intimate relationship and become great friends. Their relationship helps Celie cope with her terrible life. By the end of the book, life seems to improve for Celie as she learns to stand up for herself and to find love and what it means to her.