... a regular church attendee and is well respected by the community. Nel's family life is very stable. This is in stark contrast to Sula Peace's upbringing. While she's young, Sula lives with her mother and her grandmother. Both these woman are seen as being "loose- in the community due to various affairs they ... . They frequently have borders and adopted children living in their home as well. Despite dramatic differences in their family lives and childhood, Nel Wright and Sula Peace bond over their mutual feelings of "distant mothers and incomprehensible fathers- (Morrision 52) when they a...

• Word Count: 1171
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... structured around the development of friendship. It talks of love, understanding, commitment, betrayal, and coming to the reality of life on hand. Through out the novel Sula is view as being evil for leaving the Bottom and trying to make a change in her life; while Nel is view as conforming to the life of a ... time is her devastating end of friendship with Nel, after she feels betrayed when Nel marries Jude and actually ruins it by sleeping with him. After Sula returns to the Bottom after being gone for ten years, all she encounters in hate and ignorance of the community. Everything tha...

• Word Count: 986
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School