Blog 6

I felt the irony when Celie’s pa was trying to marry her off. He had ruined her as a woman and that ended up being the selling point. He rattled off all kinds of ‘high praise’-“She ain’t no stranger to hard work. And she clean.” However, the real bargain was that Celie couldn’t have children anymore. I was so angry at the way she is bargained off like cattle. Hey she works hard and she wont waste your money with a bunch of children. The reason she couldn’t have children is because of the way she was treated by her pa in the first place.

            The ideal woman according to the men is someone you can sleep with as much as you want without any consequences. Children aren’t viewed as a gift; they are a drain on the family. Because the woman cannot contribute, she remains voiceless, unable to do anything but follow orders. How can a woman be more than what she is permitted to be when she is damaged, broken… alone?

            The irony was in the relief of the pa. He gets rid of the evidence although if he had cared for her the proper way he wouldn’t have needed the relief. The pressure he felt was self -inflicted.