"The Color Purple"

     The book "The Color Purple" consists of Celie's letters to God. The letters show her continuous faith in God and that she wants something back. Sometimes, Celie wants help from God like it says in her third letter: "With God help"(3). The quote shows that she needs some help from someone. Her father was abusing her and Celie wanted to take care of her sister Nettie.
     Considering how women were treated in the book, there should have been a long list of things that Celie wanted God's help with. For example, she might want back her children who her father sold off. That day outside the dry good store, Celie thought she saw her daughter because there was a girl who greatly resembled her. It says, "I think she mine. My heart say she mine." I remember in Higashi's class where he said women can smell their babies 90% of the time. If this is true, then Celie was correct about the little girl being hers. Unlike Shug Avery, who doesn't miss her children, Celie may want hers back because she barely had a chance to hold them. Her father sold them off the night they were born.
     I think Celie's relation ship with God is extremely close because she's lonely and the only person who cares about her is Nettie. Mr. _____ acts like she's a toy every night and his children act like she's nobody important. She does all the housework and the cooking and yet nobody cares about whether she's healthy or sick. So to make herself feel better, she writes to God as if he's her friend and he cares about her; it comforts her and she doesn't have to worry about not being loved.
     In my opinion, the relationship between Celie and God goes one way. Celie cares about God, but God doesn't care about Celie. This is because there are so many people on the Earth, God can't possibly take care of all of them at the same time. Also, there are many people who devote their lives to honoring God and spread their religion. God would most likely choose them over Celie.