... final victory. This novel spans two generations of one poor rural black family , interweaving the personal with the flow of history; and the image of quilting is central to its concept and form. But in the Color Purple, the emphases are the oppression black woman experience in there relationships with black men (fathers, brothers, husbands, lovers) and the sisterhood they must share with each other in order to liberate themselves. As an image for these themes two sisters, Celie and Nettie, are the novel's focal characters. Their letters, Celie's to God, Nettie's to Celie and finally Celie's to Nettie, are the novel's form.'2 She sees and portrays a world from the inside outward: she uses the eyes of Celie, a surname less, male-dominated and abused woman, who records her experiences in letters. Celie writes her story in her own voice. She tells her life as only she knows it; a girl, ...

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