Near the end of the letter, it seems as if Shug is trying to convince the narrator that God does not equal man. She seems to be trying to set the narrator straight, and make her come to peace. The narrator seems to understand the concept and for a moment, things look like they are wrapping up nice and neat. Then Shug starts talking about how man has corrupted everything, and he's trying to "contaminate" everything. This gets the sense that she is trying to say that it isn't Gods fault that everything in the narrator's life is turning to sh*t. God likes to watch things happen, and "enjoys all feelings." This sounds a bit preachy, but the narrator is gets a sense of relief by writing to God, and Shug seems to be trying to help her down her religious path.
Sadly, it doesn't seem like Shug succeeds at doing so. Shug tells the narrator that when men try to get in the way of her prayers, push them aside and try to "conjure up flowers, wind, water, a big rock." (2457) The narrator writes in her letter, "I hardly pray at all. Every time I conjure up a stone I throw it." She seems very resilient the letter doesn't really wrap up everything in a nice neat little package. It appears that she doesn't want God in her life and every time she thinks up something that reminds her of him she just chucks it aside and doesn't look back. She doesn't appear to be angry, in fact she seems a little content in her "decision".
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very good blog austin. I liked the use of quotations and I agree with your views on her realizing that she shouldn't blame God for her problems since he had nothing to do with them really.
ReplyDeleteYour ending was interesting about how Celie felt, however in my blog I said something different. In my blog I said that she was angry because her whole life she had been thinking about man, and what she really needs to think about is God and the creations that God made for us.
ReplyDeleteShe was angry because she was trying to push the image of the old white man out of her head, as well as think about God in nature and not how men have been keeping her down.
I really enjoyed that you had put quotations in this because it helps back up your thoughts. I agree with what you said that there is no reason to blame God for something he had no control over and had nothing to do with. I also agree with your ending, i believe that she did feel content with her thought about God and that it was a difference from what she had thought before.
ReplyDeleteGood blog. I also talked about how Celie was upset because of men. How men thought they were God and she was giving up. She was angry the entire letter. She began the letter with "I don't write to God anymore, I write to you." That set the tone for the letter. You did a good job elaborating and using quotes to make your points.
ReplyDeleteAustin you have a very interesting blog.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Erica when she says sthat you have a different perspective on the ending than she did because I as well thought the ending was different. I know that this is just how we comprehend things but this is what I thought. I thought that after having the deep talk with Shug Celie tried really hard to accept this new idea of GOD. She left her old version of the white man's god and adopted the idea that GOD was everywhere in life and that we need to take note of the small things in life like nature because GOD made everything. I thought that Celie had a rought transition but I thought that she kept GOD in her life more so. Those are just my thoughts but anyways I did really enjoy your blog. Good luck on the Final and whatever else we still have to do in this class.