... her stepfather, and given to another man as a wife/servant depending on how this culture is looked at. Her husband physically abuses her in this relationship, but during her time with him she meets her first love, Shug Avery. There are many sub-plots in this story that affect Celie's life. Walker decides to present this novel as a series of letters. There are many advantages and disadvantages to this. From the opening letter we can see how basic the grammar and literary education that Celie has received, and we can also note that the dialect of the language is of a rural southern black person: "My mama she fuss at me an look at me. She happy, cause he good to her now." If we look on later in the novel we can see the change in her writing style, especially her grammatical structure: "I lean over the car window and try to show ...

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