<P> Celie is a poor , uneducated , 14 - year - old girl living in the American South in the 1930s . She writes letters to God because her father , Alphonso , beats her harshly and rapes her continuously . Alphonso has already impregnated Celie once , a pregnancy that resulted in the birth of a boy she called Adam . Alphonso takes the baby away shortly after his birth . Celie has a second child , a girl she called Olivia whom Alphonso also abducts . Celie 's ailing mother dies after cursing Celie on her deathbed . </P>
<P> Celie is a poor , uneducated , 14 - year - old girl living in the American South in the 1930s . She writes letters to God because her father , Alphonso , beats her harshly and rapes her continuously . Alphonso has already impregnated Celie once , a pregnancy that resulted in the birth of a boy she called Adam . Alphonso takes the baby away shortly after his birth . Celie has a second child , a girl she called Olivia whom Alphonso also abducts . Celie 's ailing mother dies after cursing Celie on her deathbed . </P>
who is celia writing to in the novel the color purple
who is celia writing to in the novel the color purple
God
God