At the tender age of fifteen, Celie, the main character in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is raped by whom she knows as her Pa. Pa forces himself upon Celie and she gets “big” or pregnant, not once, but twice. When Pa takes the children away, the first a boy and the second a girl, Celie believes that he kills them. The reader gathers from her letters to God, that she is not very …showed first 75 words of 420 total…

…showed last 75 words of 420 total…and his home, and Celie was dumb, ugly, and helpful around the house. (in his eyes) The conflict between Fonso and Celie, lies behind his feelings toward her. He thought she was ugly and stupid, when in reality she was not. He raped her, and in turn she hated him for it. This conflict made the relationship between them sour. She hated him for his disrespect and abuse he administered to her. Bibliography book-color purple