Women In Alice Walker's The Color Purple

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The three women in her life, Nettie, Sophie and Shug championed the cause of her freedom. She says, “. I don’t even look at mens. That’s the truth. I look at women, tho, cause I’m not scared of them.” (Walker 12)
“Female ties take many forms: some are motherly or sisterly, some are in the form of mentor and pupil, some are sexual, and some are simply friendships” (Baga Amira, “Celie’s Emancipation Process in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple” Mentouri University, Constantine Faculty of Letters and Languages,Department of English,2010. Web. 9 September 2015). The strong female characters play pivotal role in helping Celie’s character grow. The powerful sisterhoods bond that they form helps Celie get over the male suppression she had been facing.
The very first signs of sisterhood can be seen in Celie and Nettie. With a violent rapist father and a sick mother, Nettie is the only person she gets moral comfort from. When Nettie realises that Celie is

They share the housework and enjoy their familial happiness. “She making some sheets. He take the baby, give it a kiss, chuck it under the chin.” (Walker 33) Sofia keeps her independent characteristics. But this kind of relationship of co-existence and mutual understanding is not allowed in that male dominated social system. Celie, who grew up experiencing only pain and maltreatment, being unconscious of her oppression, suggests to Harpo that he should beat Sofia to make her become subservient to him. Sofia feels terribly betrayed when she comes to know that Celie advised Harpo. When Sofia asks Celie why she treats her like this, Celie explains: “I say I‘m a fool, I say it cause I‘m jealous of you. I say it cause you do what I can‘t.”(Walker 38) This reveals that Celie admires the spirit that Sofia had. So after an honest exchange of viewpoints between them, misapprehension is dispelled and the similar experiences from their families bring them