1. Sula
Sula by Toni Morrison Toni Morrison's Sula is a novel that has a theme about the nature of evil. ... She is especially offended by Sula's behavior, because Sula sleeps with her husband. ... Nel's outrage at Sula's actions is similar to the town's anger at Sula and we see the personal hurt that Sula's inconsiderate actions have caused. ... Nel had just gotten married, while Sula left for the city. ... Ignoring her opinion about Sula's actions with Jude, she longs for the Sula saying, "We was girls together. ...
Nel and Sula as a Dual Self In her novel, Sula, Toni Morrison uses the archetype of the dual self through the friendship of Sula and Nel: the two characters are a part of each other. ... Sula blamed herself fully for Chicken Little's accident and Nel made no attempt to change Sula's thinking. ... Sula's motive for sleeping with Jude can be explained because Nel was Sula's other half. ... Sula is very attached to Nel. ... After Sula's death, in a sense, Nel "woke up". ...
Sula "Sula" by Tony Morrison is the story of a friendship between Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who are opposites in the way of relating to other people, to the world around them, and to themselves. ... Sula is an irrational and transient character. ... Sula overhears her mother, Hannah, say, "I love her [Sula]. ... She loses her true unique self after Sula is gone. ... Nel is Sula's connection to other people, while Sula is Nel's connection to herself. ...
In "Sula," Toni Morrison gives us two such individuals, Nel and Sula. ... (p.29) Nel is confined, Sula is free. ... Nel was as wild and excited as Sula was. ... Nel and Sula would not speak again until three years later when Sula was on her deathbed. ... Nel and Sula gain a b...
The novel Sula written by Toni Morrison is structured around the development of friendship. ... Sula grows up feeling very excluded, guilty and very much unloved. ... Sula in the novel, only cross this line two different time. ... After encountering all the episodes Sula had in the community and having her friendship with Nel fail; the single most important person in her life, Sula feels totally isolated. ... Nel on the other hand is the very direct opposite of Sula. ...
Sula Peace is one of Nel's good friends. ... Nel assures Sula that it was just an accident, but Sula feels terrible. ... Nel is Sula's opposite in many respects. ... Sula grows up feeling guilty and unloved. ... Sula is a novel about ambiguity. ...
This is the meaning of friendship, a theme central to Sula. ... From Sula, the book, we learn the importance of friendship, the pain of betrayal, and the pain of loss. ... From Sula, we watch the girls, Nel and Sula throughout their friendship. ... Take sleeping with your best friend's husband for example, that one act, committed out of ignorance on Sula's part of Nel's feelings. Sula did not realize how she would hurt Nel, by sleeping with Jude. ...
Toni Morrison's Sula chronicles the unlikely friendship of two very different women. ... Like 1965, Sula represents anti-conservativism. ... For Sula, the marriage vow is not sacred. ... Sula refuses society's interpellation of her. ... In very much the same sense, Sula does the same thing. ...
In the end, Sula dies alone in her bed. ... A perfect example is Sula's grandmother Eva. ... Sula acted like anyone would expect. ... Sula may have thrown him, but Nel's apathy was far more evil than Sula's accident. ... (Sula)" "Did he see?...
In Toni Morrisson's Sula, Nel and Sula, the main characters, shared an intimate and extremely close friendship as children. Nel and Sula became best friends immediately after they first met. ... Nel and Sula had a friendship unequaled by any other in the book. ... Nel idolized Sula for trying to break the social conformities of black people, and Sula enjoyed being idolized. ... In Sula, Nel and Sula started off being childhood friends and their friendship had deteriorated after Sula betrayed Nel by sleeping with her husband. ...
Hannah Peace- Sula's mother. ... She says she doesn't love Sula then, she catches on fire and burns to death while Sula watches and fails to help her. ... She is Sula's best friend. ... Nel argues that Sula didn't care about her enough while Sula argues that having sex with her husband shouldn't have mattered because it was only sex to Sula. ... Sula dies while thinking of Nel. ...
Contrasting good and evil in Sula! ... Sula and Nel are very close to each other. ... Sula does not apologize, and no regrets. ... Soon after Nel leaves, Sula dies. ... While Sula was alive, the townspeople took extra care of their families to spite Sula. ...
The world of Sula must have seemed very odd and new to Nel, and likewise for Sula. ... Nel goes to the cemetery and mourns at Sula's grave, calling out Sula's name in sadness. ... Sula overhears Hannah tell some other women that she loves Sula, but that she doesn't like her. ... She is particularly offended by Sula's promiscuity, because Sula sleeps with her husband. ... Nel's outrage at Sula's actions is reflective of the town's anger at Sula and we see the personal hurt that Sula's inconsiderate actions have caused. ...
Sula even overhears her mother, Hannah, saying she loves Sula but just doesn't like her. That phone conversation upsets Sula but a! ... Nel's household is a complete opposite of Sula's. ... When Nel meets Jude Sula becomes extremely jealous. ... When Sula finally does return Nel opens up again. ...
In reading the two novels, Sula and Mrs. ... She wanted to be "free of the possibility of destruction" (pg 148 Sula). ... Shadrock on the other hand was more accepted by the community than Sula. ... There was no room for growth with Sula. ... Sula was the casualty of that war. ...
This same attitude transfers down to her daughter Sula. ... You love her, like I love Sula. ... Sula is crushed by her mother's words, but hides her feelings. At this point Sula is experiencing emotional death. After hearing her mother say that, Sula loses trust in all people. ...
Sula and Nel's fathers are incomprehensible to them one because he is dead and the other because he isn't. ... Life and death are intertwined, one inextricably linked to the other, as can be seen when Sula passes away. ... The most obvious convergence of oppositions involves the two protagonists Sula and Nel. ... Even in color they contrast each other; Nel is cream colored, while Sula is a deep brown. ... Sula's presence provokes widespread loving expression and community togetherness. ...
Nel and Sula had been around each other for five years before they initially met but Sula was never allowed to associate with Sula "because her mother said that Sula's mother was sooty" (29). ... While Nel preferred Sula's chaotic wooly house, Sula preferred the "oppressive neatness" of Nel's house. ... In Toni Morrison's Sula, the community defines their morality in contrast to Sula's immorality. ... Growing up, Sula had little guidance. ... Sula heard her mother tell a friend "Sure you do, you love her just like I love Sula. ...
Sula and Nel were best friends. ... As Sula and Nel got older and Sula left her friend for ten years their friendship barely changed. ... Sula. ... Sula was alone when she died. ... Even though they were not close when Sula died, Nel was the only one on Sula's mind. ...
We see complexity since Sula and Nel are combined to create a complete being. ... On the one hand, Sula has the appearance of a seductive and daring woman. ... Sula says to Nel "you always had better sense than me. ... Opposed to Sula, Nel is married and leads a common way of life. ... Sula. ...
One factor that men served in Toni Morrison's book Sula was their ability to change the women around them. ... He first appears in the story when a young Sula and Nel are walking down the street and he audibly whispers something that stays with Sula the rest of her life: "So, when he said "pig meat" as Nel and Sula passed, they guarded their eyes lest someone see their delight." (50). ... Sula was also appealing to Ajax. ... Ultimately this feeling became stronger and it shows the reader a rare moment of weakness from Sula. ... Sula thinks this to herself in a rare anxious moment con...
However, this sense of protection and sense of unique self-worth are missing within the mother/daughter relationships that are displayed in Sula. ... The novel Sula illustrates how important the role of a mother is and can be. ... Nel become more attracted to Sula because of the bond her and her family share, especially to the grandmother. However, Sula Peace finds herself in a similar situation to Nel's. Although Sula live in a household wher...
Although they play very different roles, Celie, McMurphy, and Sula are viewed as heroes. ... In the novel "Sula" by Toni Morrison, the main character Sula's illicit behavior and attitudes toward men cause the women of the community to love their husbands more. ... By seeing the way Sula treats men, the women become furious. Sula allows them to realize that they should treat their husbands better. ... Sula causes the women of her community to become better wives. ...
Peoples" Rolls In Sula In the novel Sula all the characters have their roles that they"re molded into just like everyone does in life. ... Sula is the person who this novel is named after. ... Sula says, "You say I"m a woman and colored. ... Nel's role in life is that she is Sula's best friend. From when they are young, all the way up to when they are adults, and even after Sula passes away. ...