"This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways." These words, spoken by the main character Celie, show her view of life. The novel The Color Purple depicts the life of an African American girl growing up during the early nineteen hundreds. It shows the hard ships and happiness that she experienced, while portraying her ideas of how to live life through letters she wrote to god. Celie started writing these letters at an age of fourteen. Growing up she had a rough childhood. Her mother died when she first started writing her letters and this led to her father turning to her for sexual gratification. Her father impregnated her twice and told her that he killed her children, when in actuality they were sent to live with a priest and his wife. Celie had no knowledge of her children's whereabouts until later in her life. While growing up, Celie loved her sister Nettie more than anything else. When Celie turned twenty she was married to Mr. _____. She went to live with him and raised his children. Mr._____ sent Nettie away and she found refuge with the very same priest that raised her sister's children. Celie continues to write in her letters to god about how Mr._____ treats her and how his children treat her. She tells of his child Harpo and how he married a woman named Sophie. Sophie could take care of herself. Nobody messed with Sophie and got away with it. Later when Shug Avery came into the picture, it changed Celie's whole life. Mr. ____ loved Shug Avery before she left to sing. Right from the start, Shug infatuated Celie. When Shug Avery came to stay with Mr._____, Celie fell in love with her. Shug found letters from Nettie that Mr._____ was hiding. She convinced him to let Celie have her letters. In them Nettie told of her life as a missionary in Africa. In the letters, Nettie told Celie that she lived with her children. Before Shug, Celie did what everyone asked and basically hated her life and did n...