... feeble, alcoholic juke-box singer named Shug Avery, who has been destroyed by life but has managed to sustain everlasting beauty. Shug's world is the world of the blues, with its earthy wisdom and singer lifestyle. She is a glamorous and beautiful woman that Celie always adores, even before she meets her. To Celie, she ... At first, Shug is very mean to Celie when she first arrives at their house to get over being sick, and it is because she is somewhat jealous of Celie being married to the man she wanted to marry. Also, one of the reasons that Mr.____ beat Celie sometimes was because he...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... been destroyed by life but has managed to sustain everlasting beauty. Shug's world is the world of the blues, with its earthy wisdom and singer lifestyle. She is a glamorous and beautiful woman that Celie always adores, a former flame of Mr.______. Celie finds strength through her picture even before she meets her. To Celie, she is ... At first, Shug is very mean to Celie when she first arrives at their house to get over being sick, and it is because she is somewhat jealous of Celie being married to the man she wanted to marry. Also, one of the reasons that Mr.____ beat Celie sometimes wa...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... how to live by her grandmother. Janie's grandmother planned her life out for her. She told her that she must get married right away. "Yeah, Janie, house got yo" womanhood on uh. So Ah moutez well tell uh what Ah been saving" up for uh spell. Ah wants to see you married right away." ... is where her happieness was, and that Joe would give her all that she wanted. Together they built a life. Joe bought her things she never even dreamed of. When they built Eatonville together, Janie expressed her feelings and opinions the way she always wanted to. She, finally, was her own self. Or so she ...

• Word Count: 1372
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... a child "the man took is wife to dinner; they dressed and were beautiful again together" The author describe marriage as an imprisonment and a source of sickness. Her home life and household shores became a burden. She move away from her husband and stopped doing her shores; her home life seemed to ... suffocate her and lead her to isolate herself from her family. The responsibility of being the center of everybody was too much to burry; so she couldn't enjoy her life anymore. The outside world looked liberating and much better then her ... she doesn't stay at home with them, society wi...

• Word Count: 1065
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School