I thought of the way Macnab describes the Holy Trinity on page 82 in relation to visibility. She incorporates once again the idea of the triangle and how this triangle puts a visible image to the ideas behind religion. The Holy Trinity is encompassed by the all of God in a triangular symbol. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are each in a corner and God is centered in the middle. This is a way for the church to show people the concepts behind Him and how He is represented by the three Holy Spirits. As Macnab states, three is the offspring of unity and duality and is the only number out of an infinite body of numbers that is a culmination of all the numbers below it.
In The Color Purple Celie is trying to sort out what God is, but she still writes letters to Him throughout the text. It doesn’t matter that she can’t see Him because that is the only way she is making it through the day, by writing these letters. She ends up writing to Nettie, her sister too. This gives her an image to think of, rather than an invisible entity.
