10 November 2011
Changes
In "The Color Purple", as I thought she might, Celie finally stood up for herself against Mr. ______ (her husband). Shug is returning to Memphis, and tells everyone that Celie is coming with her. When Mr. ______ says that Celie is staying, she stands up for herself and finally says what she has been thinking for years. She even speaks up agianst Harpo, Mr. _____'s son. Little Mary Agnes, Harpo's wife, also stands up against Harpo. She chooses to leave Harpo to pursue her dreams of singing. Finally, the women are being strong and proud in their individualism and not letting the men control their actions. Shug has been an excellent example to them of how a women should act; if she believes she is equal, then whether the men like it or not, they have to treat them as equals as well.
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I have a question. So when Celie decides to leave, Mr.__ gets his act together and tries to get her back. Do you think that he wants Celie to stay because he knows that Shug might stay as well?
I do think that Mr. _____ is trying to get Celie back because he thinks Shug will come back also. I'm really glad that Celie and Mary have finally stood up for themselves. It's interesting and sad that even so long after slavery black people were still so discriminated against and expecially black women, but now that Celie and Mary are standing up for themselves and it's showing some progression.
We talked about this in our lit circle, but it's surprising that then men are so controlling over the women because you'd think they would be kinder because they're treating their woman like the white people treated them. I guess that they do that because the women are the only people they have control over
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