Color Purple Shag Quotes
In “The Color Purple”, Shug Avery has a positive impact on Celie. This empowers Celie to become independent and confident. The author describes the positive impacts when Shug meets Celie during her illness and develops a strong friendship with her. Shug is an independent and strong woman. These are two qualities Celie does not posses. However, when Shug is introduced in the novel, she influences Celie to become a more independent woman. Shug helps Celie with her mental problems, which has been an issue since her early childhood. She was told she was ugly as expressed in the quote “She ugly. He say” (Walker, pg. 10). Shug also had some problems with her appearance and was told she was a prostitute by the preacher. This is expressed in the quote;
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I was deeply wounded. “He gave me this from his heart” (Amy Tan, pg. 163). Waverly and Lindo Jong in ‘The Color Purple’ have a negative relationship. Lindo pressures her daughter so much, that eventually Waverly isn’t just hurt by her mother but eventually really develops hate for her mother. The quote above shows Waverly confronting her mother after Waverly received a gift from her fiancé, Rich, and all Lindo does is criticize it. Unlike the relationship between Suyuan and Jing-Mei Woo, Lindo’s constant criticism is not really a display of love and faith in her daughter, but really she is constantly disappointed in her. Lindo has extremely high expectations and a very demanding mother. Waverly grows up feeling miserable, and even when she starts her own life, her mother still has a way of putting her down. Waverly describes her mother as a horse, and herself as a rabbit. “And that’s what she is. A horse, born in 1918, destined to obstinate and frank to the point of tactlessness. She and I made a bad combination, because I’m a Rabbit, born in 1951, supposedly sensitive, with tendencies toward being thin-skinned and skittery at the first sight criticism.” [Amy Tan, pg. 161]. Lindo also has problems with Waverly’s appearance, she criticizes her looks constantly, furthermore, Lindo shows no interest in understanding Waverly and when Waverly brings up her fiancé Rich, Lindo always finds a way to change the
I was deeply wounded. “He gave me this from his heart” (Amy Tan, pg. 163). Waverly and Lindo Jong in ‘The Color Purple’ have a negative relationship. Lindo pressures her daughter so much, that eventually Waverly isn’t just hurt by her mother but eventually really develops hate for her mother. The quote above shows Waverly confronting her mother after Waverly received a gift from her fiancé, Rich, and all Lindo does is criticize it. Unlike the relationship between Suyuan and Jing-Mei Woo, Lindo’s constant criticism is not really a display of love and faith in her daughter, but really she is constantly disappointed in her. Lindo has extremely high expectations and a very demanding mother. Waverly grows up feeling miserable, and even when she starts her own life, her mother still has a way of putting her down. Waverly describes her mother as a horse, and herself as a rabbit. “And that’s what she is. A horse, born in 1918, destined to obstinate and frank to the point of tactlessness. She and I made a bad combination, because I’m a Rabbit, born in 1951, supposedly sensitive, with tendencies toward being thin-skinned and skittery at the first sight criticism.” [Amy Tan, pg. 161]. Lindo also has problems with Waverly’s appearance, she criticizes her looks constantly, furthermore, Lindo shows no interest in understanding Waverly and when Waverly brings up her fiancé Rich, Lindo always finds a way to change the