Celie was bound to achieve her goal and was committed to doing everything she could; she tried her best to get to where she wanted to be. Moving from being a husband to being in a serious relationship with women, Shug, his girlfriend at the time, left her for a younger man. Celie knew when Shug returned that she had lost half of her heart and no longer had her friend's full attention. Overall, the relationship with Shug has brought Celie into a new world and a new life where she is more successful in life than she was with her husband staying at home, possessed and tasked with doing all the jobs household and taking care of him.