<P> Celie and her younger sister , 12 - year - old Nettie , learn that a man identified only as Mister wants to marry Nettie . Alphonso refuses to let Nettie marry , instead arranging for Mister to marry Celie . Mister , needing someone to care for his children and keep his house , eventually accepts the offer . Mister and his children , whose mother was murdered by a jealous lover , all treat Celie badly . However , she eventually gets Mister 's squalid living conditions and incorrigible children under control . </P>
<P> Celie and her younger sister , 12 - year - old Nettie , learn that a man identified only as Mister wants to marry Nettie . Alphonso refuses to let Nettie marry , instead arranging for Mister to marry Celie . Mister , needing someone to care for his children and keep his house , eventually accepts the offer . Mister and his children , whose mother was murdered by a jealous lover , all treat Celie badly . However , she eventually gets Mister 's squalid living conditions and incorrigible children under control . </P>
who is celie sister in the color purple
who is celie sister in the color purple
Nettie
Nettie