The Use Of Shug And Celie In Alice Walkers The Color Purple

Loretta Young, an American actress and singer once quoted, â€Å"Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you† (BrainyQuote). Love in the world is something that a person shouldn’t try to find because love should come to one person from another. Celie from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple went through a great deal of mental and physical abuse. Celie saw a picture of a woman who she thought was the most beautiful woman she has ever seen; her name was Shug Avery. When Celie met Shug and eventually got closer to her, she felt many types of love for Shug. Most of the time love can be shown through action, but Shug shown Celie love through endless ways other than her actions. By the end of the novel Shug and Celie’s relationship†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Well, sometime Mister git on me pretty hard. I have to talk to Old Maker. But he my husband. I shrug my shoulders. This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways.† (Walker 42). Anytime Mister would physically touch Celie in any way, she would shut up and go along with it. Celie had such a fear of men from when she was younger that she thought that a man should be higher than a woman when in marriage. Celie was forced to marry Mister to tend the children, perform the housework, and to pleasure Mister as a woman. Shug Avery thought Celie was worth so much more than Celie believed she was herself. Shug knew she had to teach Celie how to believe in herself against men and that she isn’t what she thinks men see her as. When living a life like Celie’s, it is important to have someone to talk to. Shug was the person Celie opened up to, when Nettie wasn’t there. As Celie opened up to Shug, she began telling Shug about her marriage with Mister. As Shug begins to listen to Celie about how Mister treats her behind closed doors, Shug grows closer to Celie. Shug begins to give Celie advice about how being a woman means you have to stand up for yourself. 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