Shug come over and she and sofia hug.
shug say, girl, you look like a good time, you do.
that when i notice that shug talk and act sometimes like a man. men say stuff like that to women, girl, you look like a good time. women always talk bout hair and health. how many babies living or dead, or got teef. not bout how some woman they hugging on look like a good time.
— alice walker, the color purple
discuss:
1. what is the tone of this passage: what attitude toward shug, toward men, and toward women underlies the passage?