So in The Color Purple, there's some...
incest. To say the least.
To start off what would later become a hard, work-worn battlefield of a life, Celie was raped by her father (who she later found out was her stepfather, saving her SOME grief... but nto much) at the age of 14- twice. The children were supposedly taken by her father/stepfather and killed. To think- not only a) does this terrible thing happen to her, b) it happens by the hand of her FATHER, but also she doesn't have these children. Maybe it would just be too dark a reminder of what happened, but Celie needs someone to love. Someone to care for. Not a husband who will beat her and abuse her.
More on relationships in this book: the man Celie is forced to marry, Mr. ________, is the man who loved Celie's long-lost sister, Nettie- what an auspicious start to a relationship. When Nettie left home, Celie was left unwanted by everyone- what family she had, any prospective husbands that there were out there...
So not only was she raped- by her FATHER- but she was always second-best (more like last, actually) and least loved by everyone in favor of her prettier, smart, independent sister.
Oh. MY. God. that is really sad. yeah i started reading that book and like o the first page practically she was raped. but i stopped reading it so im glad to see that more depressing things await me if i ever start to read it again
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