In the novel, The Color Purple, the author Alice Walker gives several ideas in letter forms, such as, friendship, domination, courage & independence. She impacts readers by looking at the story through the eyes of Celie and Nettie. The book describes the life of a young black girl in the 1920's to the 1960's. The story of how a 14 year old girl fights through all the steps of an abusive life and finally she is in command for her own life. Celie is the young girl who has been constantly physically, sexually, and emotionally abused.
Eventually she turns into a lesbian. In the book, The Color Purple, God, Nettie, stars and trees are the only people and things she communicates with. All the letters show that Celie is a very insecure person, and that reflects to her teenage years. All the abuse she endured created wounds in her heat, which would stay there and would never go away. Every time she thought about the abuse she felt like she was experiencing it all over again. In The Color Purple, there are many conflicts, which arise from the theme. First of all, Celie is against Pa and Mr._____, that shows the conflict of man vs. man, and unfortunately, Celie doesn't have the power to fight back physically. Secondly, Celie and herself that show the conflict of man vs. himself. She can't win over herself and that is why she doesn't have enough courage to stand up and be in command for her own life. Thirdly, the tradition of men having higher social status than women shows the conflict of man vs. society. At the end of the book Celie eventually fights tradition making men are no longer in charge for her life.
In the book, "The Color Purple", Alice Walker used several symbols and personifications to describe Celie's insecure and painful life. From the view of a reader, the title of the book, "The Color Purple" represents the pain and the bruises that had been given to Celie through her painful life. When Celie writes "Dear God,