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Below are the ten most important quotations from letters seventy-five to
ninety in the novel. Learning, knowing and having the ability to recall
important quotations in an AS Level examination puts you in an
advantageous position, as it saves you the time of having to search
through the book in attempt to find a relevant reference.
"I’m busy making pants for Sofia. One leg be purple, one leg be
red. I dream Sofia wearing these pants, one day she was jumping over the
moon."
Letter 77, Celie celebrates Sofia’s re-found freedom by sewing
her a pair of pants.
"I am a very wealthy woman, and I own a village in Akwee."
Letter 80, Doris Baines reveals her wealth and aims for the country
of Africa.
"And she could erase herself, her spirit, with a swiftness that
truly startled, when she knew the people around her could not respect
it."
Letter 80, Samuel recalls the moment in the dry goods store with
Celie.
"No matter how you kiss ‘em, as far as I’m concern, frogs is
what they stay."
Letter 84, despite this, Celie marks how much Mr. _______ has
changed by the end.
"When it come to what folks do together with they bodies, he say,
anybody’s guess is as good as mine. But when you talk bout love I don’t
have to guess. I have love and I have been love. And I thank God he let me
gain understanding enough to know love can’t be halted just cause
peoples moan and groan."
Letter 87, Walker through Albert sheds light on her own views about
sexuality.
"Nettie say one thing about Africans, Out of sight, out of
mind."
Letter 87, like the racist whites, many Africans wish to forget their troubled
past.
"They tried to explain to the missionaries that it was they who
put Adam and Eve out of village because they was not naked. Their word for
naked is white. But since they are covered by colored they are not
naked."
Letter 87 and we witness two different views on the passage in Genesis, chapter one.
"Why us suffer. Why us black. Why us men and women."
Letter 88, the reformed Albert shares his concerns as he and Celie
‘quilt.’
"Dear God. Dear stars, dear trees, dear sky, dear peoples. Dear
Everything."
Letter 90, Celie announces to the world her love for God.
"White people busy celebrating they independence from England July
4th, so most black folks don’t have to work. Us can spend the
day celebrating each other."
Letter 90 and by the end the celebration of life becomes the
celebration of people.
Written by Matthew Kane [2001]
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