How Celie views men in essays

How Celie views men in essays Celie describes men in many different ways in the novel "The Color Purple". All though they are portrayed mainly as cruel and selfish there is some positive imagery of men too. The five main male characters in the novel are Alfonso, Mr.______, Samuel, Adam, and Jack. Some of these characters in Celies eyes are good and others are bad. From the beginning of the novel Celie portrays her stepfather Alfonso as a monster. He is described as a child molester, a wife beater and an overall bad husband. "He never had a kine wird to say to me. Just say You gonna do what your mammy wouldn't."(p.1) This quote is the beginning of an explanation given by Celie of how her stepfather rapes and abuses her. Alfonso looks upon Celie as nothing more than an object in which he shows no affection or consideration for. He uses her in any way he sees fit by making her cook, clean, and take care of all the children after her mother passes away until finally he convinces Mr._____ to marry her instead of Nettie. "Pa call me. Celie, he say. Like it was nothing. Mr.______ want another look at you."(p.11) This quote shows us how he negotiates the marriage as if she was nothing but an object Even after Alfonso dies it seem as if no ones shows any remorse, but Celie is happy because she has a house, and the only thing his widow cares about is t he house and how much money was spent on it. This is described on page 252. . Alfonso's image of being an evil man does not change through out the book. Mr.______ 's image on the other hand goes from being bad in the beginning of the novel, to kind and under standing towards the end. In the beginning Mr.______ is a horrible husband who looks at Celie in the same way as her stepfather does. He beats her up constantly and is a major reason that Celie has low self esteem and grim outlook on life. He expresses his feelings on how women should be handled when he is talking to Harpo and says, "Wives is like children. You have to ...