Celie

She begins as a young girl, raped by her father, forced to give up her babies because they belong to her father and her father does not want people to find out about them. She is told that she is dumb, useless, and ugly by her father. Her father forces her to marry Mr.____, a man much older than she is. Throughout her life, she writes letters to God and her sister Nettie, who she prays will return to her one day. Celie who falls in love with Shug Avery, Mr.____'s singing mistress and learns how to love herself.