the color purple, a la shmoop: with lavenderand mauve right behind. works of literature are filled with couples.some go into the sunset together. . . . . .while others go... somewhere else. celie and mr... "blank"... from the colorpurple. . . . . .had, what you might call, a dysfunctionalrelationship. . .
the color purple by alice walker online book, . . . until celie had enough and left.after that, mr blank got his act together. . . . . .and turned into a halfway decent guy.he and celie even started spending time together again.so, if he was such a changed man. . .
. . .why did celie refuse his marriage proposalat the end of the book? could be that after everything he'd done tohurt her. . . . . .maybe she just didn't want to give himanother chance. and, let's not forget, it wasn't exactly alove connection in the first place. or maybe it was because she was still in lovewith someone else. after what she had with shug. . . . . .she didn't want to accept anything shortof the real thing. . . . . .and may have wanted to keep her optionsopen if shug ever did decide to settle down.
then again, maybe she just didn't want tospoil a beautiful friendship. after mr blank's big change. . . . . .he and celie had worked hard to becomefriends. and maybe celie just wanted to keep it thatway. or perhaps her hard-fought independence wasn'tworth giving up for any man. c'mon, who are we kidding? . . . . . .she would have said yes to him.but she had already proven that she didn't need a man in her life. . . . . .so maybe she just liked being on herown.
okay, then, why do you think celie said no?was she too hurt to give mr blank another
chance. . . . . .still in love with shug. . . . . .afraid of ruining their new-found friendship.. . . . .or reluctant to give up her independence?shmoop amongst yourselves.
