Dear God. Dear Stars, dear trees, dear sky, dear peoples.
Dear Everything.
Dear God.
If you look at it in this way, The Colour Purple is really a personal journal of a black woman. Though the title gives an LGBTQ theme, it’s not all that!
The Colour Purple sheds light on more than just the passion of love. It enlightens the deep connections among different souls, and the power of confidence and standing your ground.
The lack of correct grammar, the naive sense of thoughts, the innocence and subdued will justify the setting of the story. From the very beginning, Celia’s journal portrays the prominent disregard the society has for black women. There is no room left for opinions as the reader navigates through the feminine life full of hardships, discrimination, abuse and illiteracy.
It is shocking how easily the protagonist surrenders herself to dominating men in her life in the first half of the book. Shug and Nettie, hardcore as they can be, help Celie through the path of self-discovery.
From being abused by her father and her husband to becoming an entrepeneur, Besides few triggers in regards to feminism and abuse, it is a wholesome read with a happily ever after.
-Vidhi Bhanushali
@the_booktrovert__
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