... times, Eva does not realize that she needs to be more than a physical caretaker. An unrestricted household such as the Peace family, with little emotional attachment and moral responsibilities, causes Sula to become impetuous and independent. Nel's household, however, is very conformist and proper, but also lacks in emotional attachments. Nel's parents marry out of convenience, rather than love. For Nel ... ) "Don't just sit there, honey, you could be pulling your nose" (28) This emotional vacuum compels the girls to seek their missing components in each other's company. During their fri...

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• 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...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the most dear things in the lives of everyone. It supports, helps, comforts, and at times appropriate, provides a needed kick in the ass. From Sula, the book, we learn the importance of friendship, the pain of betrayal, and the pain of loss. Growing up is hard. That is an indisputable ... friend, you have someone to grow up with, someone to share your pain. Friendship is the most important thing in a child's life. From Sula, we watch the girls, Nel and Sula throughout their friendship. The bonds of a true friendship can never be broken. Separation provides no obstacle, neither does the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... family if one can count on their friends to help them survive. Friends are a necessity in life. In Toni Morrison's novel, Sula, Sula and Nel did not have the best family situations but they had each other. Their friendship was more than enough to help them survive their teenage years ... be separated. They were similar because they struggled with the fact they were black females whom everyone else looked down upon. Throughout their upbringing, Nel and Sula influenced each others lives. "They found relief in each other's personality" (53). Together they made the ideal human being. One's ...

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• Grade Level: High School