Splish Splash I Was Taking A Bath

pg. 184 "The birds sing just as sweet when us leave as when us come. Then, look like as soon as us turn back on the main road, they stop. By the time us got to the cemetery, the sky gray." Here, imagery depicts the tone of the scene. I found this chapter completely ironic because these beautiful flowers and trees line the drive up to the house, a place of gloomy memories from Celie's past. Yet when she drives up with Shug, knowing she will see Pa, the beauty consumes her. For such an ugly cruel man, Pa knew how to keep a pretty, lively looking house. We don't see anything else about birds singing (giving a positive connotation), so automatically there seems to be some tension as she arrives at and leaves the house. As soon as she enters the real world past the house of her childhood, the world turns gray and gloomy again. Celie so yearns for color in her gray world! Luckily, she finds that inevitably in the pants she makes and connection upheld with Nettie.