Slavery

One thing I appreciated about this novel was that it did not only focus on slavery, or abuse from white men. African American's were not only abused by people who were white, as we see in Celie's situation, but also by people of their own color. For all intents and purposes, Celie was a slave. She did what she was told, and was beat when she did not. She did all the work, even if it was more than she could handle. She was responsible for everything, even when it was not her responsibility. However, it was not at the hand of a white man, rather at the hand of a black man. I liked that this novel focused on that part of African American history, because I think that that is something that is often forgotten, or not thought about at all.