In many novels, the struggling main characters often have some help getting through their problems. This is also the case for The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Celie, who is the main character has a very tough life. First she gets raped by her father and then continuously gets beat by her husband. She doesn't even express her emotion anymore. She has hit depression and she met two women who she admires, Sofia and Shug …showed first 75 words of 357 total…

…showed last 75 words of 357 total…Even when Shug came to her house and was mean, Celie was defending her. Celie has a very hard life. I think that without Sofia and Shug, Celie would lose the will to survive and would run away. I think she would do it anymore knowing there's no hope. And it would also make the book very boring. I think Shug is in the book to take a break from hearing the whining of Celie.