But I say I'll take care of you. With God help.(Walker, pg.3).Celie looks to God for support even though there is not sufficient evidence that he even exists. She trusts God enough to ask him to help her sister. If that isn't religious, then I don't know what is. Her visits to the church probably influenced this trait.
Asking God for help is a desperate move. She knows that she can only do so much to protect her sister and children. Her desperate pleas show she is willing to get whatever help she can find. Alice Walker writes,
Sometime he still be looking at Nettie, but I always git in his light.(Walker, pg.5).The man in the story has a thing for Nettie, Celie's sister. Celie is determined to distract her and instead put attention on herself. In the second half of the quote, it means Celie is always getting in the man's sight whenever he is looking at Nettie.
Celie takes on the mother role in this book. She is forced to take this role because her mother is sick and has to go see a doctor. Alice Walker writes,
By time I git back from the well, the water be warm. By time I git the tray ready the food be cold. By time I git all the children ready for school it be dinner time.(Walker, pg.2).After he mother dies, the role is magnified. She has to take care of all the children alone. This includes protecting Nettie from that man. Her role later transforms to servant when she is sold to another master. However, she still worries about Nettie.
Celie is mentally tough. Even though she was raped, she still goes on with her life. It doesn't seem like she has any mental issues because she never mentions it to her diary. Celie marries another man and leaves her original master. Later in the book, she makes new friends whose names I will not give away.
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