The Color Purple: Provocative; Sleuth: Great FunBuzzin' Lee Hartgravebyline‚ Oct. 19‚ 2007THE COLOR PURPLE Life was not easy for Celie (Jeanette Bayardelle). As a young girl (14) she was raped several times by a man that she believes is her father, and had two children by him. He took the babies away and sold them to someone else. Then, her father arranges for her to marry an older man who Celie calls Mister. He is abusive. She is basically a slave to him and his children. She does all the work around the house, cooks, and is constantly told how ugly she is. |