The Color Purple
(Alice Walker)
A tale of triumph over adversities involving secrets and betrayals of family and friends, Alice Walker?s The Color Purple is a real tear jerkier. The realistic portrayal of African Americans in the early 30s will have readers turning page after page. Celie and Nettie are close sisters drawn together by secrets of their past and torn apart by young Celie?s evil husband from an arranged marriage, Albert (better known as Mister). Mister treats Celie as more of a slave than a wife, because he was intent on marrying Nettie. When it really boils down though, he is in love with songstress and known floozy, Shug Avery.
Avery, is a dream come true for Mister and Celie in more than one way, and ultimately is the one who helps bring the sisters back together. In the end, however, we find out that all is fair in love and war when the book reveals that there is a possibility for anyone to change.
The theory that the apple does not fall too far from the tree is proven true when it comes to Harpo, Mister?s son, who is not much of a caring husband either. Harpo soon follows in his father?s ways of womanizing after marrying Sofia and loses her and the children. Sofia?s independence ends up being her downfall, and we discover by character that Mary Agnes (Harpo?s second love interest) proves that Shug Avery is not the only floozy.
Full of a mixture of plots, twists, turns, and memorable characters, you will definitely need a box of Kleenex to keep up with the roller coaster ride of emotions found in this book.
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