![]() ![]() ![]() This is why, Corrine thinks, Olivia and Adam so resemble Nettie. Celie begins writing letters to Nettie rather than to God.Ĭorrine, it is revealed, believes that Samuel has had an affair with Nettie back in Georgia, and that Adam and Olivia are actually Nettie's children. Nettie works for Samuel and Corrine, aids in the education of Olivia and Adam, and comes to know a girl named Tashi, whose mother, Catherine, does not approve of Tashi being educated in the Western manner. Nettie then traveled with the family to Harlem, in New York City, on to England, and to various cities in Africa, observing the culture and traditions of the people there, before settling in a village of the Olinka people. Celie reads the letters and discovers that Nettie, upon moving in with Samuel and Corrine, and their two children Olivia and Adam, began studying to be a missionary in Africa. _ has been hiding, for years, the letters Nettie has been sending to Celie. Celie tells Shug about her father's sexual abuse, and about Mr. ![]() Shug begins to sing at a bar Harpo has built behind his shack, after Sofia leaves him (she is tired of being beaten and ordered around by Harpo). Celie and Shug become friends and confidantes, and, later, lovers. Celie has been fixated on Shug since seeing a picture of her, on a playbill, when Celie was a girl. They strike up their affair once more, with Celie's knowledge. ![]() _'s past, comes to town, sick, and stays with Mr. But when Celie sees how Harpo's attempts at beating have hurt both Harpo and Sofia, Celie apologizes to Sofia, and the two become friends. _ and Celie (at first) recommend that Harpo beat Sofia. Harpo becomes upset that he cannot get Sofia to obey him both Mr. _'s children, whom she considers "rotten" save for Harpo, the oldest, who marries a strong, hard-working woman named Sofia. Nettie promises Celie she will write to her from her new home, but these letters never arrive.Ĭelie takes care of Mr. Celie believed she recognized Olivia, when she saw her with Corrine in a shop. By coincidence, Samuel and Corrine have adopted Olivia and Adam, Celie's two children. _ still has designs on Nettie, and Nettie flees to town, staying with the Reverend Samuel and his wife Corrine, whom Celie once met, briefly. Nettie later escapes Pa and lives with Celie and Mr. _ needs someone to take care of them.Ĭelie marries Mr. _ believes Celie to be ugly, but eventually is convinced to marry her, because he has several children by his previous wife (who was murdered), and Mr. _ marry Celie, since she is older and a hard-worker. But Pa does not permit Nettie to marry Mr. _ because Celie fears her father ( Pa) will soon turn his sexual attentions toward Nettie. Celie encourages Nettie's marriage to Mr. Celie becomes pregnant twice, and each time her father gives away the children.Ī man named Mr. In her first letters, she details how her father has been sexually abusing her. Celie, a young girl who lives with her abusive father, her sick mother, and her younger sister Nettie, begins writing letters to God. ![]()
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