Color Purple Shug Quotes

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In The Color Purple by Alice Walker, it follows the life of Celie as an underestimated and mistreated black woman living in the south during the early 1920’s. At this point in the book, Shug Avery is a very important component in the book currently. Celie learns so much from Shug through her stays at Mr’s house. From self love to __________, Celie begins to live a better life because of Shug. In some ways, Shug is being slightly selfish for teaching Celie these lessons for the sole purpose that she may not be able to live a freeing life like Shug, but also it may teach Celie to actually stand up for herself and maybe leave like Sofia or Shug. In her past, and in some ways currently, Shug led a promiscuous life. Being a very talented and basically very attractive singer, she has had a lot of opportunities with men. Even considering how rotten of a man Mr …show more content…
When Shug had first arrived at the house she had given the cold shoulder to Celie by flat out saying she was an ugly one. As we move forward in the book, Shug starts to warm up to Celie because she is the only one that takes any good care of her in her real time of need. Celie has never really had anyone care or love for her other than her own sister, Nettie. Now that Shug begins to actually appreciate Celie, she also begins to see her as a human and not just as a woman who is seen no more than a help in the house. Shug had actually shown Celie what her body is and what it is like to actually have pleasure in life. Although the relationship seems sexual for most of the time, it is completely beyond that. They share a compassion that is almost like what Celie has for Nettie and vice versa. According to the book, “Us sleep like sisters, me and Shug. I loves to hug, period, she say. Snuggle. Don’t need nothing else right now.” At this point their relationship isn’t sexual, compared to all of Shug’s past relationships, it is about love and
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