There were these letters that Nettie had wrote to Celie while she was in Africa. Celie did not find these letters until she went into Albert’s trunk. She figured that he keeps everything that is important to him in his trunk. Shug helped Celie that night while Albert and his friend were out of town. Celie said “Us find a lot of Shug’s underclothes, some nasty picture postcards, and way down under his tobacco, Nettie’s letters. Bunches and bunches of them. Some fat, some thin” (Walker 124). All these years Nettie has been sending Celie letters, but Albert has kept them away from her. Celie began to read the first letter. It said that “You’ve got to fight and get away from Albert. He ain’t no good” (Walker 126). Nettie also explains to Celie that she left because Albert tried to rape her. She fought him back hard enough for him to leave her alone and when Nettie fought back, Albert did not like that so he kicked her out of the house. The only thing that Nettie was on her way to do that day was finding some education for her and Celie. Nettie wants the best for her sister that’s why she lets Celie know that she has to leave Albert as soon as she gets the chance. …show more content…
She tells Celie to “Please write to me, soon as you have a chance. Every day I think about you. Every minute” (Walker 127). Nettie wants Celie to know that she doesn’t have to right her back every time, but she does want to hear from her sister to see if she is okay. Albert did not want them to write each other back and forth because he thinks that these letters would have some kind of reflection of Celie becoming stronger. He was afraid that the bond that they shared while Nettie was there, and it could result in Celie becoming