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by Alice Walker is a very controversial novel, which many people found to be very offensive. It is basically the struggle for one woman’s independence. The main character in is Celie a coloured woman with little or no education at all. She is one who has been ....

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.... for she had lost her feelings. She feared them so much that she would always do whatever she was told without hesitation, because she was fearful of being beaten. The first evidence comes from the opening line of the novel, You better not never tell nobody but God… (P.11). That is why all her letters open with Dear God, because she fears what will happen to her if she does tell anyone. And it is because of these men, that she has very little courage or ambition, for they took the fight or will out of her. One of the most important women that Celie meets in her life is Shug Avery. Shug Avery is not only a friend to Celie but also a lover. It is by b ....