nettie in A Sentence

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    Celie learns that Corrine passed away and that Nettie and Samuel are married.

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    But she rediscovers her happiness when Shug returns, and then when Nettie arrives.

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    Nettie faces her own obstacles in Africa, with the new roads and rubber farms destroying the Olinka land, and losing Corrine.

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    Nettie says that once people stop spending their time thinking about what God looks like, they start to find him in themselves.

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    Nettie has to find a balance in the Olinka tribe as a woman who is not Samuel's wife, and not the children's mother.

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    Nettie notes that women workers in Africa sing even after a hard day's work- perhaps because they are too tired to do anything else.

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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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    The turning point in both the book and the novel is when Celie discovers that Albert has hidden Nettie's letters from her for all these years.

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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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    Nettie takes the time to continually write to Celie in spite of the years of silence, keeping her informed of all of the things she is learning and experiencing as a black missionary in Africa.

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    She was raped by her stepfather, her two children were taken away, she is passed to Mr. as a piece of property, she is no longer bale to have kids, and her sister Nettie is sent away from her.

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