What Is The Difference Between The Color Purple Book And Movie

In Color Purple, Celie goes through a lot and has to grow up way too fast. Through out her life she went through a lot and didn’t have love, family or hope for a long time. The only love that Celie received for a long time was from her sister Nettie. Celie didn’t have a family of her own for a long time, and during the movie her family grows. The hope of having someone to love them and to be her family was one Celie always had. The letters Celie read from her sister Nettie gave her hope that she would see her sister again and might meet her child, whom she hoped would love her as their mother. In Steven Spielberg’s film, Color Purple, three messages of love, family, and hope are seen throughout the movie. Love in the Color Purple is something
that is lacking from the characters and plot, but is yearned for and found by the end. In the beginning of the movie, the two little girls, Celie and Nettie, are the only reason either one is happy because the only love either of them has is from each other. When Mr. wants to marry Nettie, but settles with Celie instead, the two girls are separated from each other and Celie’s love is left behind with her sister, Nettie. Celie isn’t loved by anyone once she moves into Mr.’s house, not by Mr. or the children. When Shug Avery comes into Celie’s life, she is finally loved again by someone when the two create a friendship. The love and friendship Celie had was lost until Shug came along, but that’s why Celie didn’t want Shug to leave, because there wouldn’t be anyone left to love her or be her friend. Celie seemed surprised and a little crushed when Shug came to visit again, but with her husband Germaine. The crushing effect came from the fact that Shug was married, so Celie thought that it meant Shug couldn’t be her friend anymore because she could only love Germaine, but Celie soon learned that nothing can break a true friendship like the one she and Shug had. At the end of the movie, when Nettie comes to Celie, the audience can see that the two never stopped loving each other and that their sisterhood and friendship survived years of absence from one another. Through out Color Purple, Celie learns that not everyone can love you, but the ones that do, will always love you. Color Purple shows a lot of problems that a family can have, but it also shows how important family is, to some, and to all in the end.
Celie’s only true family in the beginning of the movie was Nettie. Her two children would have been her family if they weren’t taken away from her. Once Celie and Nettie were separated, Celie had no one to call her family because when she moved to Mr.’s home, he didn’t really want her to be his wife, and the children didn’t love her or think of her as their mother, so she was basically there to be a maid. Shug Avery was the first part of Celie’s family that grew throughout the movie because she was the first to actually care about Celie since Nettie had to leave. Once Harpo grew older and married Sophia, he realized what kind of man his father was and appreciated Celie a little bit more. When Sophia was put in jail for hitting a white man, Celie was left to raise her kids. While Sophia was in jail, she missed a lot of her children’s lives and what happened with those whom she had known. That’s why when she went back to visit for Christmas she said, “I don’t know any of you anymore,” because she didn’t think she belonged, because before she was put in jail her family and friends were so important to her and then she was without them for so long she thought they weren’t her family and friends anymore the same way they were before. In the end, Celie’s family is complete with Shug, Harpo and Sophia, their children, Nettie, and Celie’s son, his
wife, and Celie’s daughter. Through out the movie, many family problems were witnessed, but the movie’s plot also showed the importance of family to some becomes the hope for all in the end. Hope is continuously seen throughout Color Purple from the eyes of Celie.
Celie’s hopes in the beginning are about her son and daughter; she hopes that they aren’t dead, but are with caring people. Then she hopes that Nettie stays safe when Celie has to leave and can’t protect her from their father anymore. Once Nettie comes to stay with Mr. and Celie, she is soon thrown out by Mr., but Nettie says that nothing can keep her from her sister, which makes Celie hope and wish for Nettie to be with her in some way. She hopes for letters from Nettie all through the movie. Hopes that Shug gives Celie include the hope to leave, to escape Mr. and the hell that she has to live in. When Shug and Celie find the letters from Nettie that Mr. had been hiding for all those years gave Celie hope that her family loved her, that her children knew who she was and that they were safe, and that maybe, one day she would be able to meet them and see Nettie again. By the end of the movie, most of Celie’s hopes came true, she left Mr., she had a family, Nettie came back to her, and she met her son and
daughter. Celie, the main character in Color Purple, is followed from a girl who has to grow up too fast, to a woman surrounded by all her dreams. Celie didn’t have anyone who loved her in her life for a very long time. The only love that Celie received for a long time was from her sister Nettie.In the movie, Celie’s family grows from nothing to full of people she loves and love her. The hope of having someone to love them and to be her family was one Celie always had. The letters Celie read from her sister Nettie gave her hope that she would see her sister again and might meet her child, whom she hoped would love her as their mother. In Steven Spielberg’s film, Color Purple, three messages of love, family, and hope are seen throughout the movie.