Naturally, humans do unto others as they have been done upon. This is why the black women in The Color Purple treat other black women badly as the way someone is raised, it affects the way they treat others. This is shown with Celie as she had grown up in an abusive environment and once she was married off, Mr ___, her husband, didn’t treat her well in addition to beating her. Thus, when Harpo asks Celie what to do to his wife, Sofia, to make her listen and obey him, Celie replies: “Beat her.” […
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