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. ...

• Word Count: 1238
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1910
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 501
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 2386
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 749
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 2614
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 959
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Sula and Nel, the protagonists in Toni Morrison's Sula, are each the only daughters of mothers whose distance leaves the young girls with dreams to erase this solitude and loneliness. There is no question that Sula alleviates this aloneness with a lascivious and experimental life, "I'm going down like one of those redwoods. ... When Jude leaves, after his betrayal with Sula, Nel suffers emotional torment and further problems from her failure to achieve "me-ness". ... Twenty-five years later after Sula's death, Nel realizes that she allowed herself to defer her dream until it is ...

• Word Count: 1147
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School