The Color Purple

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Who is Celi?

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Celie is the main character who is abused by her father and her husband and who ultimately meets, cares for, and forms a relationship with Shug Avery when Shug comes to live with them.

Celie is a 14 years old black girl who is maltreated by her father and isolated from the forms of her happiness and is given to a man called Mr ___ who also continues where Celie's stepfather left by raping and beating Celie up and not treating her like a wife but like a helpless, hopeless, and headless slave.

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker