Part one of term paper
In the novel, The Color Purple, there are three main characters who demonstrate meaningful traits of women. Celie, the main character, is the most important of the three. She is influenced by other characters in the novel and is inspired to let herself seek their virtues. Celie’s two friends, Shug and Sofia, are both strong women who te ...

Part two of term paper
... Harpo to beat her and she reveals to Celie details of her painful past. “All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles. But I never thought I’d have to fight in my own house. I loves Harpo. God knows I do. But I’ll kill him dead before I let him beat me.” (42). Sofia can no longer tolerate this kind of abuse and she thought that when she married Harpo she had finally escaped it. Later Celie admits tha ...