... of the black community. Morrison portrays their everyday struggles and in doing so exposes white ignorance of black culture and ways of life. Sula challenges the dominant ideology through the deconstruction of binary oppositions, working to demarginalize the roles of blacks as well as women in society. ... From the start of the novel's very first chapter, Morrison aims to show the destructive effect of white male-dominated society in the lives of her characters. Cynthia Davis notes that, "All of ... tale of the Bottom highlights the history of white duplicity and mistreatment of blacks ...

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