In Alice Walker’s The Color Purple Celie faces love obstacles in the beginning of the novel. eventually, she overpowers these obstructions and truimphs. One example of a love obstacle Celie faces that eventually ends in truimph can be found following one of her beatings on page 23, where he writes states “It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood.” This clearly conveys that Celie lacks love in the early portion of …showed first 75 words of 168 total…

…showed last 75 words of 168 total…Celie.” These words show how Celie makes the transition from being unloved to being loved. Another example of a love obstacle that she truimphs is stated on page 13 where she meets Harpo. “He pick up a rock and laid my head open.” Obviously, due to his vulgar actions, he has nolove for his new mother. The trimph comes later in the novel Harpo and Celie form a bond a mother would have with her son.