Shug character profile

"Even though you had the trees with you. The whole earth. The stars. But look at you. When shug left, happiness desert."

We see a more caring side to Shug here as she promises to protect Celie. We also see a more loving side, both romantically and platonically, as she expresses her commitment to sisterhood.

"I won't leave, she say, until I know Albert won't even think about beating you."

Our first introduction to Shug. She dismisses all the excitement Celie built up in imagining what she would be like.

"You sure is ugly, she say, like she ain't believed it."

Celie - Lover"You sure is ugly." l.22"I won't leave, she say, until I know Albert won't even think about beating you." l.34"If you was my wife, she say, I'd cover you up with kisses." l.46"I love you, Miss Celie." l.47"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it." l.73"You making your living, Celie, she say. Girl, you on your way."l.76 Albert - Lover"I don't need no weak little boy can't say no to his daddy hanging on me." l.23"Good thing I ain't your damn wife." l.33"He been keeping your letters." l.50"Everything that mean something to Albert go in his trunk. He keep it locked up tight, but Shug can git the key." l.51"Stop, Albert, she say. Don't say no more. You just going to make it harder on yourself." l.75

Relationships

STRONG"I don't need no weak little boy can't say no to his daddy hanging on me. I need me a man, she say." l.23"She weak as a kitten. But her mouth just pack with claws." l.24"Good thing I ain't your damn wife." l.33 WOMANHOOD"I won't leave, she say, until I know Albert won't even think about beating you." l.34"Still, it is like Shug say, You hvar to git man off your eyeball, before you can see anything a'tall." l.73"Celie is coming with us." l.74"I wanted to build me a round house." l.76"I brought you here to love you and help you get on your feet."l.76"How much money you think you need this week?" l.76"You making your living, Celie, she say. Girl, you on your way." l.76RELIGION"God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't." l.73"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it." l.73"God is inside you and inside everybody else.""My first step from the old white man was trees. Then air. Then birds. then other people. (...) I knew that if I cut a tree, my arm would bled." l.73

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