Yeah, in this book, all the main characters that are mentioned are African-American.
Well, continuing on...
Mr___. has a son, whose name is Harpo. Now Harpo has fallen in love with a girl, Sofia and has also gotten her pregnant at the age of 17. Well they have the child and they move in together and one night Celie overhears Harpo telling Mr.____ that Sofia doesn't listen to him, reasin being he doesn't beat her as was normal back then for the husbands to beat their wives so they can obey them. Reason being, if Harpo were to hit Sofia, she would hit him back. That to me, is funny and I think it's good for Celie. Because Celie is someone who won't fight for herself, she'd rather do as she's told just as long as she continues living. Whereas Sofia takes a stand for herself and holds no fear. I think this might be something good for Celie...
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Good analysis. I think that the author has characterized Sofia as a contrast between Celie and and to sort of set up an example of how she should be. I think it's a little ironic that Harpo isn't anything much like his father.
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