A novel entitled Sula was released by Toni Morrison. ... Sara Blackburn of the NY times book review said; "Toni Morrison is far too talented to remain only a marvelous recorder of the black side of the provincial American life" (century 50). Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford, on February 18, 1931. ... As a child Morrison was a good storyteller and reader (Bloom 10). ... In conclusion, the book Sula , by Toni Morrison shows that what is good and evil can only be determined by the individual. ...

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While Langhston Hughes authors this poem, A Dream Deferred, it can easily be interpreted as Toni Morrison's description of Nel and her life of sorrow and dissatisfaction. 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. ... Even Toni Morrison admits that Nel has lost her "me-ness", "The two of them together would make one Jude"(83). ... It is at this juncture in the work that Toni Morrison employs a unique image to represent Nel's dream: T...

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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. ... "Because each had discovered years before that they were neither white nor male they had set out about creating something else to be." (52) In "Sula," Toni Morrison dwells on the dream of a new, strong, African American woman. ... By splitting the qualities of a whole and complete personality into two, Toni Morrison stresses how necessary both components are to the image of the new,...

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In Toni Morrison's novel, Sula, Sula and Nel did not have the best family situations but they had each other. ... "So when they met, first in those chocolate halls and next through the ropes of the swing, they felt the ease and comfort of old friends" (Morrison 52). ... Toni Morrison's novel shows the meaning of friends and soul mates in this novel. ...

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