I never truly notice nothing God make. Not a personal relationship with God/Allah/any blade of corn (how it do that?) not the color other divine being? purple (where it come from?). Not the little (Walker 197). Celie has always had a difficult relationship wildflowers. Nothing” with God because her vision of Him was a representation of everything that she feared: a dominant white man. This is why she often used God as a scapegoat and resented Him for not protecting her. However, definition Shug’s of God, as an rather than a is softer, “it” “he”, lighter, and can manifest itself in gentle ways, not like the domineering God that Celie had always believed in. This new version of God revives faith and contributes to her Celie’s self-empowerment. Grady, trying to bring light. A THEME “Well, say get a man if peoples talk. This quote truly encompasses the theme of the woman can’t Shug look at me and us giggle. Then us laugh power of strong female relationships; Grady sure nuff. Then Squeak start to laugh. Then naively tries to put females back in their Sofia. All us laugh and (Walker 201). but Shug, Sofia, Squeak, and Celie all laugh” “place”, laugh at him, mocking his assumption that the prime goal of all women is to snatch a man. Especially in the context of their difficult
I never truly notice nothing God make. Not a blade of corn (how it do that?) not the color purple (where it come from?). Not the little wildflowers. Nothing” (Walker 197). personal relationship with God/Allah/any other divine being? Celie has always had a difficult relationship with God because her vision of Him was a representation of everything that she feared: a dominant white man. This is why she often used God as a scapegoat and resented Him for not protecting her. However, Shug’s definition of God, as an “it” rather than a “he”, is softer, lighter, and can manifest itself in gentle ways, not like the domineering God that Celie had always believed in. This new version of God revives Celie’s faith and contributes to her self-empowerment. “Well, say Grady, trying to bring light. A woman can’t get a man if peoples talk. Shug look at me and us giggle. Then us laugh sure nuff. Then Squeak start to laugh. Then Sofia. All us laugh and laugh” (Walker 201). THEME This quote truly encompasses the theme of the power of strong female relationships; Grady naively tries to put females back in their “place”, but Shug, Sofia, Squeak, and Celie all laugh at him, mocking his assumption that the prime goal of all women is to snatch a man. Especially in the context of their difficult
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