Evil Sula, a story about the presence and absence of family and friendship. ... In the seventh chapter, Nel marries, causing Sula to leave The Bottom for ten years. ... In the eleventh chapter, Nel visits Eva and is forced to admit that she was probably more evil than Sula. ... People have different opinions about love just as they do about friendship. Nel has been married for about ten years while Sula was away. ...
The world of Sula must have seemed very odd and new to Nel, and likewise for Sula. ... Years later, when her oldest daughter Hannah confronts Eva about Plum's death and asks if Eva ever loved her children or ever played with them, Eva's response is typical of the strong black woman: "I'm talkin' 'bout 18 and 95 when I set in that house five days with you and Pearl and Plum and three beets, you snake-eyed ungrateful hussy. ... And though Eva cries about burning Plum and holds him close before she lights the fire, she nonetheless soaks him in kerosene and resolutely thr...
