The main theme that I have going with the three novels that I chose is; banned literature. In the first 72 pages of this novel, the main character's name is Celie. She has a dad, a mother, who dies on the first page, and a sister named Nettie. Her dad physically, and sexually abuses her. Her dad impregnated her twice. The first baby the dad killed, and the second he gave away.
A man named Mr. is interested in Nettie and wants to marry her, however, her dad says that Nettie is too young to get married, and she is smart so she needs to continue with school, Celie, however, her dad claims that Celie is too dumb to continue with school so he should take her. Mr. takes a few months to think about it and finally agrees to do it.
Celie does all the housework for Mr. and his family. After a while however, Mr's son Harpo helps with it. Harpo eventually gets married to a girl named Sofia, she gets pregnant, and Harpo gets jealous of her bigness and power so he starts to eat so much that he gets a potbelly. Sofia gets mad and leaves him. As for Celie, she becomes friends with Mr's ex-mistress Shug Avery because she is living at their house because she got an STD, and no one else would take her in. Celie gets mixed feelings from her, and admits that she feels sexually attracted to Shug.
There are many different reasons and aspects as to why this book is banned. One is the many forms of racism that appear. Another is the fact that Celie's own father impregnated her, which deals with incest, and the fact that he killed both of the babies, is extremely gruesome. There is also a big theme running throughout the novel of physical and sexual abuse. Banned books can teach us things. It can open our eyes to things in the world that are happening. That's exactly what this novel does, it opens our eyes to things that did happen. So, is that such a bad thing? However gruesome, it builds our character. So is this bad? Decide for yourself!
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