American Literature Character Sketch-The Color Purple-Shug Avery
and I believe quite a lot throughout the novel. Her evolvement was
interesting to observe. First impression of her wasn’t positive
because she appeared rather inelegant and also quite selfish. In
essence, she seemed to be unlikable as well as superficial.
Shug (originally Lilly) didn’t really embrace herself and adopted a
nickname – “Shug”. However she developed a sexual relationship
with Celie and with that broke the boundaries of traditional gender
roles. She was outspoken, exteremely honest and not easy to affect.
All her three children were born out of wedlock.
She is a good example of sexuality and gender not being as univocal
and simplistic topics as they may seem since she was a bisexual
(sexual relationship with Celie).
Throughout the novel Celie’s mother was compared to Shug. Celie
saw her mother in Shug while she took Shug as a role model herself.
Shug had a great influence on Celie who was in a violent marriage.
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