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

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
• Approx Pages: 3
• 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 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. ...

• Word Count: 881
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School