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The Color Purple Summary & Study Guide Description
The Color Purple Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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The Color Purple Plot Summary
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First Period
In The Color Purple , the story is told through letters. The only sentences outside the letters are the first two: "You better not never tell nobody but God. It'd kill your mammy." Silenced forever, the main character, fourteen year old Celie, writes letters to God. Her father has raped her, and she has two children, a girl and a boy, whom "Pa" took away from her. Celie's mother has died and Pa is looking too much at her little sister, Nettie.
Mr. wants to marry Nettie but Pa rejects him because of the Mr.'s scandals with Shug Avery, a blues singer. Celie manages to get a picture of Shug and falls in love with her. Eventually, Mr. agrees to take Celie instead of Nettie because Pa offers him a cow.
Once she is in his care, Mr. beats Celie all the time. Meanwhile, Nettie runs...
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