The color purple

This book was really moving for me. It opened my eyes to what women used to have to go through. Yes i have read about Americas  history and how women were treated like their only purpose was to cook, clean and entertain men. This book talked about what women went through and how they survived through it. One thing that really stood out to me was how women were only meant to pleasure men. Another thing that stood out to me was what men would do to the babies that they forcefully created. Lastly, this book made me think about how men limited what women can, and can not do.There are so many things in this book that i want to explore to get a better understanding of them, these three are a couple that i had a lot to say about.

One big thing that stood out to me was that men only thought of women as toys to pleasure themselves with. they didn't care if the women, like Celie did all of the cooking and cleaning with out any complaints, as well as taking care of the children so you didn't have to do it by yourself even though you had them with another woman. one would think that you would at least have some kind of gratitude to them. Celie would go through this everyday and have to deal with her "loving" husbands wants. i think that the men in that time period shouldn't have thought so highly of themselves if they did this to women.

Another thing that stood out to me and made me mad was that the men who forced themselves onto women, like Celie's father, would get rid of the babies. His first child with her, he killed against her wishes. The second, he sold. He was the one that created that baby so he should be the one to take care of it, not kill it or sell it. Just think about how hard it was on Celie to try to forget about those babies, not to mention, seeing one of her babies a couple years later knowing that to them, she was just another woman like every other one of them. This really made me think about how lucky i, and every one else is, to not have to deal with what Celie went through.

Lastly, this book made me think about how limited women where in that time period. all they did was clean cook, take care of the children, and "provide" for their husbands. They couldn't shop or go out with their friends like we do. they had to stay home and clean what had to be cleaned, cook meals for the day, make sure the children when doing the right thing, and be at home for their husbands. Life for us is so simple but to people like Celie, it really isn't. we think high school is stressful, i can't imagine what it would be like to have to choose the RIGHT husband.

In conclusion, i thought this book was really good and really interesting. it talked a lot about how women were afraid to stand up for themselves and had to let men over power them. this book is a good book to read if u want to learn more about our history.