Interestingly that the only woman in the book who stands up to men ends up suffering immense misery at the hands of a woman i.e. Sophia and the mayor’s wife. I sincerely wonder why Walker didn’t make Sophia invincible. As it is, she ends up having the stuffing knocked out of her while Celie, who suggests Harpo beats Sophia, actually comes out of the whole affair much better off. It seemed to almost contradict a feminist message to me.

I recently read this and reviewed it HERE.