The Color Purple Character Analysis

In the story of The Color Purple, Celie is writing to God about what is going on in her life. In these letters Celie writes about her father Pa, her sister Nettie, and a few other characters, but one of the characters that really stood out was Mr._. Mr._ is a single father looking for a wife to help raise his four children. Mr._s' first wife had passed away and he had been looking for someone to marry. At first Mr_ had his eyes set on Nettie, who Mr._ had seen at church. Mr._would stop by Pa house every Sunday just to get a glimpse at Nettie. One day Mr._ finally stopped at Pas' house and asked Pa for Netties' hand in marriage. But Pa was not having that. Pa believed that Nettie was too young to become someones wife, so Pa told Mr._ …show more content…
Once Celie was part of the house hold she was doing everything around the house while Mr._ did whatever he wanted to do, went where've he wanted to go. Whatever made Mr._ happy Mr._ would get, disregarding how he would make anyone else feel about the things that he is doing. All Mr._ cared about was himself. Mr. had been gone all weekend to see another woman, named Shug Avery. When Mr._ had arrived back at home. Celie was in the fields where Mr._ picked up a hoe and began to chop, about three chops before he quits. After, he just walks away and sits on the porch and enjoys a cold glass of water and a pipe. Celie thought he was sick, but Mr._ just didn't want to do it anymore. "You better get back to that field. Don't wait for me" (Walker 27). Mr._ felt that there was no need for him to do anymore field work now that Celie and his son Harpo were there to finish the task. Mr._ was so selfish he let the woman he loved, Shug Avery stay in his home, and has Celie take care of her. He wasn't thinking about how Celie was feeling or how she would feel about Shug staying in his home. Mr._ doesn't seem to really care about anyone or anything that doesn't seem to benefit him in some way. "Mr. marry me to take care of his children, I marry Mr._ cause Pa made me, I don't love Mr._ and Mr._ don't love me" (Walker …show more content…
His wife Celie. Except Mr._ treated Celie like everything but a wife, he treated Celie more like a slave. Mr._ was abusive mentally, verbally and sexually. Mr. never acknowledged Celie as his wife. "Buy Celie some clothes, Kate say to Mr._, She need clothes? he ast. Well look at her, He look at me like the looking at the earth. It need something? his eyes say" (Walker 21).Mr._ didn't even call Celie by her name, but instead he labeled her as a possession by calling her it. Mr._ s' mentality wasn't about treating Celie with respect, Mr._ would degrade Celie, Mr._ would rape Celie whenever he wanted to have sex and he would also beat Celie instead of putting hands on the children. "He never ast me how I feel, nothing, just do his business get off and go to sleep" (Walker 78) Mr._ sexual pleasure were for himself only, and Mr._ felt that because Celie is his wife he can have sex whenever he wants. Mr._ also beats Celie instead of disciplining the children, he also beats her because she is not Shug Avery. Mr._ truly believes that it is ok the beat Celie because she is