The Color Purple

Independent Reading “This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways.” These words, spoken by the main character Celie, show her view of life. The novel The Color Purple depicts the life of an African American girl growing up during the early nineteen hundreds. It shows the hard ships and happiness that she experienced, while portraying her ideas of how to live life through letters she wrote to god. Celie started writing these …

…that happiness that everyone searches for. A belief in religion almost gives a belief in one’s self. The thought that heaven lasts always gives people something to look forward to and to live for. This book almost inspires readers to really appreciate family and love. Why read a book just for a cheap story, when a novel like The Color Purple could actually teach readers about the importance of life and everything in it?