So, Nettie is still in Africa, performing her missionary duties. However, I have two points to make from what I have read so far. While in Africa, Nettie helps teach the children basic education. Of course it's only boys that attend school and there's only one girl, Olivia. The tribe that Nettie is in charge of teaching is called the Olinka. One day, when Nettie aked one of the mothers why there is only one girl that attends school, the mother simply replied, "A girl is nothing to herself; only to her husband can she become something". This got me thinking; years, decades back this is how people thought, this is how people were brought up to think. But, in some cases, some people still consider women as propety, and feel as if without a husband, they can't make it on their own. For example, during the day, there are still talk shows that host meninw hich they feel as if their women should be treated as a "thing" and nothing else.

Moving on...

Celie just recently dicovered that her real father had been lynched and when she went to go visit her stepfather, he barely remembered her. She then stopped beleiving in God. She referred to God as "a man" who "acts just like the other mens I know". She;s come to the point where she's basically given up hope.