Monday, November 30, 2009
letter from the color purple
In the beginning of the story i got a sense that the letter was going to feel angry. The woman writing it sounded disappointed the way her life was and was blaming God for this problem that she had. Her anger, caused by disappointment, lead way for the rest of the letter to be the same way, yet it wasn't. The person that the Celie was talking to changed her views on God. She got her to realize that God was really a good man who looked out for her best interests. The mood of the story changes from angry to peaceful through this other character explaining to Celie why she shouldn't hate God. Her views towards her the evil people in her life, such as her husband, still remain the same, but she comes into realization that these problems were not caused by God. She sees now that God doesn’t want these things to happen just as much as she does, but now she realizes that some things in her life, he just can’t fix.
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Good thoughts George, but I thought that at the end of the letter it was more resilient than peaceful. At the end she says she rarely prays and every time she "conjures up a rock", she throws it. To me, this shows more anger and a bit of confusion. She doesn't really come to fully accept the vision of the "merciful God" because she is still trying to force out her previous image of the "white God." She doesn't really come to a decisive conclusion at the end of the letter, which leaves a lot left untold.
George! i strongly agree with you that when reading this letter it was a bit depressing. How Celie was talking to her sister, it seemed she had just givin up. But as you explained, Shug has come along and has givin a chance for Celie's views to change. good blog!
The fact that Celie started the letter with, "I don't write to God anymore, I write to you" is significant. This is because she has given up on God and is angry with him. I agree with you on the fact that Shug tries to change the way Celie sees God, but Shug leaves it up to Celie to do what she wants. I think that if she would have pushed Celie harder the ending of the letter would have been happier.
Good ideas, but there are two things that I dont completely agree with. You said in the beginning that Celie blames God for all her problems, but I think that she is really just finding that she doesnt believe that God will do anything, and almost doesnt believe anymore. The second is that i dont really think that the letter is peaceful at the end, even though it was during the beginning, i thought that she was really trying to keep the image of the man as god from coming back to her.
Mr. Giaccobee,
Although the blog is a bit short in size its good quality. I agree with you that Celie changed her opinions on God. At first, Celie simply had a broad idea of what God was and how he looked like. After talking to Shug she realized that God was a good man like you said, who looks out for her best interests. This is true as at the end of the letter when Celie realizes this she is in a much more peaceful state of mind.
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