Blog 6

Blog 6: Mr. ______'s changed life view ------- At the beginning of the book, Mr. _______ does not seem to care about anything in the world. He lives at home, treats his family without love, and seemingly does nothing. The first thing Mr. ______ seems to care about is Shug. When she is in the house, he tries to do everything he can for her and to make her comfortable. She is about the only thing he is passionate about. After she and Celie leave him, he goes into a depression. Harpo has to take care of him until he gets his feet back under him. He finally stands up again and starts to put his life back together. He starts to care about people. Celie comes back around and into his life when Shug leaves her. They have some good conversations and share company often. During one such conversation they are talking about questions in life. Mr. _____ tells Celie, "You ast yourself one question, it lead to fifteen. I start to wonder why us need love. Why us suffer. Why us black. Why us men and women. Where do children really come from. It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a woman or a bush it don't mean nothing if you don't ast why you here, period....I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ast. And that in wondering bout the big things and asting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, he say, the morel love" (288). Mr. ______ finally has a whole new outlook on life and it has made him a better person all around.