When Celie tell Harper to beat Sophie the reader is able to recognize fore the first time that Celie has something inside of her. She acts for her own benefit for the first time, although she knows she is wrong. She is forced to recognize the state she is in. Why would she inflict pain on another woman? When she apologizes she is forced to confront the emotion- jealousy. “I’m jealous of you. I say it cause you do what I can’t… fight.” Sofia isn’t intimidated by anyone; she is the exact opposite of Celie’s character. Celie lies down in front of the abuser and Sofia hits him right back. This is the beginning of Celie’s desire to do something, to be her own person, but she is still trapped behind the shame and embarrassment of her past. Sofia ends up telling Celie that all her life, she’s had to fight men because it is a man’s world, but she never thought she’s have to do that in her own home. The home is identified as a place of safety here, but throughout the book it has been a place of fear and resignation.
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