Blog 8

Blog 8: Love ----- Everyone in the story wanted to love and be loved in different ways. Celie, for example, is afraid of men and has only been abused by them all her life. The only two people she loves are Nettie and Shug. Nettie is her sister and Shug is the one who taught her how to live life without being afraid of everything. Mr. _____ loves Shug and only wants to be loved by her. Shug seems to have love for everyone and she can't settle down. She is happy with Mr. _____, she is happy with Shug, she is happy with the 19 year old boy, and just about everyone else. Nettie doesn't realize that she wants to be loved by anyone other than Olivia and Adam until Samuel shows her that he cares about her. Harpo wants Sofia to listen to him and do whatever he wants her to do. He tries to beat her into submission, which ultimately only drives her away. Sofia wants Harpo to love her for who she is and for the fact that she is his wife. The theme of love is what drives all of the characters to do what they do and act as they act. The greateast show of love is when Nettie and Celie meet at the end of the book. They are the two who have loved each other from the beginning and yet were torn apart. Their love and trust in each other didn't waver, even as the years continued to pass. The two of them coming together in the end was one of the most impactful parts of the book. "I'm so scared I don't know what to do. Feel like my mind stuck. I try to speak, nothing come. Try to git up, almost fall. Shug reach down and give me a helping hand. Albert press me on the arm. When Nettie's foot come down on the porch I almost die. I stand swaying, tween Albert and Shug. Nettie stand swaying tween Samuel and I reckon it must be Adam. Then us both start to moan and cry. Us totter toward one nother like us use to do when us was babies. Then us feel so weak when us touch, us knock each other down. But what us care? Us sit and lay there on the porch inside each other's arms" (292).