Black Women In The Color Purple

The color purple has many examples of how poorly black women were treated. Black men had control over black women because, they didn’t do much about it. Alice Walker gives many examples of how black women were untreated and how they were abused by black men. Throughout the novel “The Color Purple” gives many examples of how black women felt in their lives. According to Celie she felt used, betrayed, abused, disgusted, she was not feeling like herself. Celie’s mother was a very ill women. She was mistreated by her husband, the man Celie thought was her father but really was her step-father. After awhile Celie knew her mother wasn’t going to resist any longer. Celie had to do what her mother couldn’t do anymore. Days later Celie’s mother passed away. “she say it too soon Fonso, I aint well” (walker 1). Celies step father wanted to force her mother into doing things she didn’t want to do, she already had enough children. She didn’t want to and he was trying to force her. Celies mother was already very sick from all her pregnancy’s that she wouldn’t be able to take
“If they have any weaknesses, they are weakness seemingly brought by their long association with these foolish men”(Artice, Alice Walker). When women were weak it usually was because of a man. I personally don’t agree with Celie’s attitude because of the fact that this man ruined her life and she still had the courage to forgive him and act like nothing happened. Things like this can not be forgotten, never less forgiven. “they were not from middle-class backgrounds nor did they have much in the way of education” (Article Alice Walker). From all the times Celie had been raped she always became pregnant giving birth to children and not having much to offer them. They didn’t have a good education nor did they have