The end of this letter, Celie has learned a lot about who God is and who he is not. Her friend, Shug , enlightened her that God is not a man, but everything that surrounds them, like the flowers and trees. At the end of the letter, Celie is struggling to picture God as anything other than a white male. But the image is stuck in her head and is harder to get rid of than she thought it would be because that is the only image of God she has ever had. But she keeps on trying to get rid of the image and will keep on working at it until she can pray to God without seeing him as a man.
The reason she was turned off by God was because she pictured him as a male and he did not answer any of her prays or helped her in her life. Shug pointed out that men ruin everything; they try to convince everyone that they are the universe and are everything. When people start to believe that they are truly everything, people start to think they are even God. She suggested that every time Celie thinks of God shaped as a man, to erase the image immediately, and keep doing that until you can think of God as everything but a man.
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Lauren I really enjoyed your blog. I completely agree with your summary and the fact that you made a reference to how Celie saw God in everything around her rather than just the white man in robes sitting among the clouds. However, I do feel as though she still somewhat believes Shug's version of God more than she thinks. I still think she is in some form of denial herself.
Lauren :)
On December 17 we get to find out if we are traveling to Africa together for a year or not. (secretly i hope we get the news that says we get to go to Africa and help the children find their way of God.)
I really like this blog. Man has ruined many aspects of celies life. She has been raped, her sister has been taken away, and the list goes on and on for what man has done to her. These are very good reasons to loose faith in something. If you are constantly being put down by something, it is very hard for you to have positive views about him. Shug tries to get this idea of God as a man out of her head, but the pains man has put on her are so deep that this image is almost impossible to get out of her head.
Good job Lauren:)
Lauren! I really enjoyed your blog because you focussed on how Celie's image of God was destroyed because of her feelings for men. I agree with you that when she understands that God is a white man, she looses all sense of care for God. Great blog!
Lauren, I thought your blog was very good. I liked the portion you added about how Celie had always imagine God as a man, and Shug told her that men ruin everything and that they get to the point where they think they are God. You are right, because Celie has decided to stop praying to God because God has never helped her with anything and allowed her life to be this way. It is also because he is a man and Celie hasn't had very good experiences with men. Good bloggin LoVo.
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