I thought that the title was appropriate. I couldn’t figure out where is was relative in the story until Shugs conversation with Celie. She says, “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.”
I believe that the color purple in the story represents all the good things in the world. I believe that it symbolizes the things that we are supposed to enjoy, but sometimes we forget to recognize. For example, how many times a day do we walk by the flowers or forget to notice the sunset? It is there for our enjoyment and yet we are not aware that it is there. We have become too wrapped up in ourselves. In the beginning of the book I don’t think that Celie has no sense of the color purple. She has such a horrible life that she isn’t stopping to “smell the roses.”
The color is not as significant as its meaning. This is the first moment where Celie is given the chance to enjoy something in her life, even if it is as small as the purple flower. Not just given the chance, but encouraged. After a life full of oppression and discouragement, Celie is not used to taking time for herself.
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