What do Celie's letters to God tell you so far about
1. Her character traits and
2. Her beliefs about and relationship with God? Use quotes to answer both parts of this question.
Those two quotes are saying that Celie’s dad wants to rape Celie’s little sister, Nettie, which is Celie’s daughter, and the quote on page 7 is saying Celie would take the job for Nettie, because she needs to protect Nettie. And she does not want Nettie to go through what happened when her father sexually abused her. Since Celie has been through that, she does not care to go through the pain again, she is used to it now. But, Nettie is not, so to protect Nettie, Celie asked her father to take her instead. This demonstrates that Celie cares about her sister, and is willing to go through anything to protect her sister.
In Addition, Celie is someone that trusts God, a lot. In Celie’s letters to God, what she wrote are very personal, only God she trusts should only read it, and she only tells God her secrets, because she is ashamed, and does not want anyone to know it. She tells God everything, even times when she was sexually abused by her own father. “Just say You gonna do what your mammy wouldn’t.”(pg.1) This portrays that Celie trusts God, so she tells/ writes to him about anything that happened in her life. She loves God, she knows God will not judge her for who she is and what she did. Only in writing letters to God can express her feelings, her emotions.
1. Her character traits and
2. Her beliefs about and relationship with God? Use quotes to answer both parts of this question.
From where I have been read up to, the book, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, is written in the form of Celie writing letters to God. 1. To me Celie is someone that cares a lot about her love ones, like her mom, and her sister, Nettie, also Celie would do anything to protect her love ones.
Just like on pages 3 and 7, Celie wrote to God on what happened, “ I see him looking at my little sister” (pg. 3), and “ I ast him to take me instead of Nettie while our new mammy sick.” (pg. 7)Those two quotes are saying that Celie’s dad wants to rape Celie’s little sister, Nettie, which is Celie’s daughter, and the quote on page 7 is saying Celie would take the job for Nettie, because she needs to protect Nettie. And she does not want Nettie to go through what happened when her father sexually abused her. Since Celie has been through that, she does not care to go through the pain again, she is used to it now. But, Nettie is not, so to protect Nettie, Celie asked her father to take her instead. This demonstrates that Celie cares about her sister, and is willing to go through anything to protect her sister.
In Addition, Celie is someone that trusts God, a lot. In Celie’s letters to God, what she wrote are very personal, only God she trusts should only read it, and she only tells God her secrets, because she is ashamed, and does not want anyone to know it. She tells God everything, even times when she was sexually abused by her own father. “Just say You gonna do what your mammy wouldn’t.”(pg.1) This portrays that Celie trusts God, so she tells/ writes to him about anything that happened in her life. She loves God, she knows God will not judge her for who she is and what she did. Only in writing letters to God can express her feelings, her emotions.
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