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The color purple : a novel, Walker, Alice

Title: The Color Purple

The color purple stands for independence of Celie and Shug. Because when Celie for her first time in life can choose a dress she chooses a purple dress.

Summary: The Color Purple

The book starts on a farm down in the south of America at the beginning of the 20th century. Nettie and Celie are two sisters who do a lot together. Celie (the eldest of the two sisters) is several times raped by her father( who seemed to be, after reading further, her stepfather) and he still abuses her. Several times she became a baby from him and that's why she may not go to school anymore, so she was very low educated. The father decided Celie had to go.
Some Mr. Wanted to marry Nellie,