Celie awakens three important people-Nandy, Sophia, and Shag.
Nandy is Celie's younger sister. When the stepfather needed a replacement wife to do "something she couldn't do", he chose the not-so-beautiful Celie because Celie was more docile and not rebellious than his sister Nandy. Nandy goes to school and has the consciousness of protecting herself and resisting, just like when her stepfather was about to do something to her, she left home and went to her sister; just like when Abbott wanted to do something to Nandy, she kicked him hard. Burt's genitals are the same. What Nandy gave to Celie was a deep family love, and she taught Celie to read and read, and gave Celie the hope of waiting. It can be said that Nandy is Celie's expectation of happiness.
As the woman whom Celie's stepson Hubble fell in love with, Sophia is strong, powerful and dare to love and hate. Hubble was influenced by the views of the men around him about "how to treat his wives so that his wives should be obedient", which led to the idea of surrendering Sophia. When he tried to demonstrate, he was "beaten" by the powerful Sophia. When Hubble faced Celie, Celie gave an answer of "fight Sophia". Celie has been treated violently, cruelly and without feelings by her stepfather and Abbot for too long, and sadly came up with the idea that it is okay to be treated in this way. When Sophia walked up to Celie angrily and told her that she had been fighting and resisting, Celie's expression at the time was very intriguing. Sophia's strength has a completely different impact on her forbearance all the time. But Sophie Asia Pacific became stronger and suffered later sufferings. He was besieged by whites, knocked down by white policemen, abused in prison, and became the servant of the stupid mayor’s wife after being released from prison. If she followed the guitarist's advice and didn't go against her, perhaps all suffering could be avoided. But she chose to insist on what she felt was right. When working as a servant, Sophia always remembered how she was helped by Celie in the grocery store. It was Celie's kindness that supported her. In the end, when Celie broke out and confronted Abbott at the dining table, Sophia laughed completely and returned to her cheerful and enthusiastic self.
Shag, the woman whom Seely's husband Abbott loved, and the daughter of a beautiful singer and preacher. Because she didn't love Abbott, Celie's appearance of Shag enabled her to accept and tolerate, and became curious about this beautiful but sad Shag. Shag also responded to Celie's kindness. The song sang for Celie in the bar is really touching. Shag is free, unfettered, beautiful and powerful. She has both Nandi's smart beauty and Sophia's tenacity and opinions, but she is neither weaker like Nandi, nor hard and soft like Sophia. Therefore, she will not have to leave Celie like Nandy, nor will she challenge Celie like Sophia. But she has her own pain. As the daughter of a preacher, she is not accepted by her father. As she said, her father loves herself, but he doesn't know it. Turns between men, she chooses a person who can truly respect and love herself to marry. Her husband is willing to accompany him, be kind to others, and be willing to wander about with Shag. Xia Ge was surprised at Celie's insensitivity to sex. Their conversation on the bed was the care and understanding between women and women. Shag used her wisdom to lead Celie to realize her beauty and her worth, and at the most critical moment prevented Celie from killing Abbott. She witnessed Celie's awakening and happiness, and also witnessed Abbott's self-salvation.
Celie kept seeing others leave until she finally left by herself. The first time Nandy was driven out of the manor, but at the time, Celie was too young and did not realize that she could run away with her sister. For her, staying could survive. The second time, Sophia couldn't stand Hubble's departure. At the time, she still didn't realize that she could also leave. The third time was Shager’s departure. Celie had already had a strong urge to leave with him, and even packed her luggage, but when Shager asked her in the car what she wanted to say, facing her husband’s questioning, She chose to swallow the words that she wanted to leave together. The fourth time, when Xia Ge returned after getting married and left again, she followed Xia Ge's car without hesitation. What she has always scrupulous about is still survival. In the end, her sister's letter made her firm to leave the man who had deprived her of her only hope of happiness.
Celie has been enduring everything, trying to live in the cracks, the kind of sneer when Abbott went to see Shag in a panic, Shag sticking out his tongue to other women after chanting to her publicly, it seems to me , That is, she did not fall into despair because of the misery. Her awakening, like all the people who just ran out of the stewed prison, was a strong explosion of long-term suppressed emotions. Fortunately, every time she picked up the knife, someone stopped her. In reality, many times such awakened people are not so lucky. Although the sharp blade they picked up cut off the link with the past cage, what followed was a new cage cut by the blade. Just like Sophia said, he is not worth it. What kind of painful experience can I get the insight? People will still be held back by anger.
Abbott and his son Hubble are two tragic characters, who were destroyed by male chauvinism and their father and lost the pitiful existence of loving others.
It is not difficult to guess that Abbott loved Xage deeply and wanted to marry her, but was scornfully opposed by his father, and then married another woman. Even if he married Celie later, he would still put Shag's picture on the bedside. He used Celie as a servant and a tool to determine his status in violence and scolding. And when he faces the person he truly loves-Shagershi, he is always as careful and nervous as a teenager. Celie's insults and resistance to him at the dining table before leaving made him realize that she had been facing a sentimental and real person for a long time, and Celie's accusation of his father seemed to be for Abel. Te spoke out the hostility in his heart towards his father. After Abbott lost Shag and Seely, he was drinking and depressed for a while, and his father appeared again. This time, instead of listening to his father, he asked a young woman to serve him, but gently pushed his father out of his home. This behavior is undoubtedly the key to Abbott's growth from a cowardly old boy to a man. He finally chose to help Celie's sister return to the United States. In the sunset, he saw Celie's family reunited from a distance, and he must have gained peace and redemption in his heart.
Hubble is more fortunate. Sophia's strength makes him more active when he leaves his father. Although he was full of the shadows of weak boys like his father. Hubble is stronger than his father. In my opinion, he is willing to endure hardships and leave the house to live in a broken house and live with Sophia. After leaving Sofia, she also stubbornly "tossed" and opened a bar. Later, he had a new lover, but after meeting Sophia again, he embraced and danced with her without hesitation. The story also gave him a good ending, which is to live with Sophia again. Hubble was free to see Celie being beaten and scolded by her father, and he once ridiculed all Celie suffered like watching a show, but at the same time he himself was scolded by her father. With a weak heart, although he loves Sophia deeply, he used the wrong way-violence and control like his father-to gain his dignity and be recognized.
Is the world we live in, is it a more moderate version of the movie? Do we have the ability to leave our cage and fight for the purple flowerbed; do we prevent ourselves from picking up a sharp knife to cut through the rationality and wisdom; do we have Ability to love in a good way, strong to love, and gentle to love. I hope everyone can have their own peace like the ending of the movie. I hope I am deeply loved, I am not a substitute, I hope I can wander at any time. I hope that people will have the moment when Celie is overjoyed and hugs her family through the lens.
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