celie in A Sentence

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    Celie must tiptoe around her stepfather and Albert;

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    Celie is the main character of the novel.

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    Celie does not think much of herself at all.

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    When Celie meets Shug Avery, she finally discovers true happiness.

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    When Celie finally gets to meet Shug, she feels unworthy;

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    Celie promises, with God's help, that she will take care of her siblings.

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    Celie suffers terrible abuse at the hands of her father, and later, from her husband.

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    Her song for Celie connects them, and makes Celie feel like she is worth something for once.

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    Celie finds purpose through writing her thoughts down on paper, to make sense of her life as it is;

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    The love between them enables Celie to stand strong in who she is and claim her own happiness.

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    In wondering about the true nature of God, Shug tells Celie that God enjoys it when people enjoy themselves.

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    But now that Celie's happiness has been awakened, she knows that she will never be the same subjugated woman again.

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    Throughout all of this, Celie tries to maintain some sort of connection with a higher power by writing to God each day.

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    Set in the early 1900s, the novel explores the female African-American experience through the life and struggles of its narrator, Celie.

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    In the same way, indulging herself in the happiness of her relationship with Shug, Celie finds beauty and connects with the spirit of God.

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    Celie dutifully keeps Nettie alive in her letters to God, and eventually in her letters to Celie directly, once she realizes that Nettie is alive.

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    When Celie connects to this power, she herself becomes more assured, and finds a strength within herself that surprisingly sustains her, even when her heart is broken.

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    As Celie discovers her happiness with Shug, she starts to feel the power in the world around her, and begins to connect to that rather than to a religious deity.

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    In the same way, Nettie also finds purpose through updating Celie on her own well-being and that of her children, along with educating Celie about Africa, the Olinka, and history.

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    Celie's upbringing, her marriage, and her husband's children are all adversities that drag her down inside of herself so that she can't see a lot of hope in her future.

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