This emotion was expressed brazenly when Celie responded to Mr. For the first time in her life, she experienced the feeling of resentment. This apathy, however, disintegrated towards the end of the novel upon her reception of Nettie’s letters.
Then I felt nothing at all,” (44) Celie recalled, speaking of how she entered into apathy. “I can’t even remember the last time I felt mad… terrible feeling. Thus, she hopelessly chose to live an indifferent life of agony. But I’m alive.” (22) Apparently, Celie believed that hoping for a passionate life of affection would only lead to her own demise. What good it do? I don’t fight, I stay where I’m told. She believed that resistance would only do to her what she thought it had done to her sister Nettie: “I think bout Nettie, dead. Heartfeeling don’t even seem to enter into it.” (69) Celie’s continual surrender was marked by hopelessness. _ to “git up there and enjoy himself just the same.
For instance, Celie stated in a despondent tone that whenever she had been forced to enter into sexual intercourse, she would apathetically yield, allowing either her Pa or Mr. In her subservient state, Celie responded little, if at all, to the abuse she was exposed to. Tone serves as an important device in personifying a novel’s character.
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