Toni Morrison's Sula chronicles the unlikely friendship of two very different women. ... And while Norman Morrison is not a relative of Toni Morrison, the reader can't help but notice their same name - again allying the novel and Norman's untimely end. Toni Morrison first published Sula in 1973, and would have been aware of all the events just mentioned. ... (Morrison 92). ... Or so it seemed" (Morrison 163). ...

• Word Count: 2386
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In her novel Sula, Toni Morrison immerses the reader in the rich and diverse lives to be found in the black community of Medallion. ... Morrison portrays their everyday struggles and in doing so exposes white ignorance of black culture and ways of life. ... Morrison continues to portray blacks as on the outside of the dominant culture, members of the Other. ... Morrison foreshadows this relationship early on, describing the proximity of the ice cream parlor that "cater[s] to nice folks" to the pool hall where men lecherously gaze at passing females (Morrison 49). ... Morrison here again decons...

• Word Count: 1501
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In "Sula," Toni Morrison gives us two such individuals, Nel and Sula. Morrison says she created Sula as "a woman who could be used as a classic type of evil force" and that she "wanted Nel to be a warm, conventional woman". ( Toni Morrison. ... Morrison says, "... if they had been one woman... they would have been a rather marvelous person". (Toni Morrison) Thus, Morrison, creates two completely different women yet allows them to merge into one. ... (p.29) Morrison makes it clear in these instances that "each one lacked something the other had." ...

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