The Color Purple
It has been an emotional journey reading this novel.
It was horrific yet pulling you right in.
The first pages were hard to read, learning about the abuse the African narrator had endured, being born into poverty, segregation and being raped countlessly. The story was heartfelt and heartbreaking. Feeling horrified, and not wanting to read, but simultaneously, flipping the pages to find out whether the narrator has got her justice, her freedom and her peace.
The story is in the form of letters to God, and the narrator writes about her journey, her feelings and her hardship. She fights through every trial that life throws at her: living with her abusive father to living with her abusive husband and having to care for her husband's children that were not her own. Then, she meets a glamorous singer, Shug Avery, who helps pull the narrator, known as Celie, out of her difficult situation. Celie also starts to learn the power and the joy of her own spirit, gradually freeing herself from her past, abuse and reuniting with her beloved sister, Nettie.
The story is heartfelt, and painful.
My heart aches for every pain Celie endures, and cheers her on when she starts to find her own voice and stands up for herself. I had tears of happiness when I reached the denouement of the novel, where Celie is, at last, happy after all the years of suffering, and was reunited with her favourite, beloved people.
And the ending, surely surprises you. The most unlikeliest people becomes close to Celie and is present at her reunion with her beloved sister. They are all together, happy and enjoying their time together.
'...And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt.'- Celie, The Color Purple
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