1. Sula
Sula defended Nel by pulling out a paring knife and slicing the tip of her finger. She did this is in order to scare off the boys and defend her friend. This was unexpected because in terms of personality, Nel is normally the strong one, while Sula is likely to flare up with emotion."Nel seemed stronger and more consistent than Sula, who could hardly be counted on to sustain any emotions for more than three minutes" (pg. 53). This showed how tough Sula was because most people wouldn't be willing to hurt themselves in order to prove that they can do something worse to them. In another incident, Nel provided the calm that Sula needed. Sula is spinning a little boy named Chicken little around, he flies from her arms and into the lake and drowns. Sula is terrified, so she panics and runs back to Nel in tears. Nel tries to comfort her by telling her it was all just an accident and leading Sula away from the scene of the drowning. In both situations, the girls react differently because when one is emotionally unstable, the other is there to be that stability that holds them together.
However, though Nel at first seems "innocent and pure" and Sula seems tough and heartless, Morrison complicates this through Chicken Little's incident." The good feeling she had had when Chicken's hands slipped."Why didn't I feel bad when it happened? How come it felt so good to see him fall?""". "All these years she had been secretly proud of her calm, controlled behavior when Sula was uncontrollable, her compassion for Sula's frightened and shamed eyes. Now it seemed that what se had thought was maturity, serenity and compassion was only the tranquility that follows a joyful stimulation" (pg.170). Nel finally admits her part in the tragedy and realizes that she herself had been the evil one that day. She had been pleased to see Chicken Little drown, while Sula was in distress. Nel has always believed in her own basic goodness, feeling like she has been victimized by Sula.
Sula by Toni Morrison Toni Morrison's Sula is a novel that has a theme about the nature of evil. ... She is especially offended by Sula's behavior, because Sula sleeps with her husband. ... Nel's outrage at Sula's actions is similar to the town's anger at Sula and we see the personal hurt that Sula's inconsiderate actions have caused. ... Nel had just gotten married, while Sula left for the city. ... Ignoring her opinion about Sula's actions with Jude, she longs for the Sula saying, "We was girls together. ...
Sula "Sula" by Tony Morrison is the story of a friendship between Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who are opposites in the way of relating to other people, to the world around them, and to themselves. ... Sula is an irrational and transient character. ... Sula overhears her mother, Hannah, say, "I love her [Sula]. ... She loses her true unique self after Sula is gone. ... Nel is Sula's connection to other people, while Sula is Nel's connection to herself. ...
In "Sula," Toni Morrison gives us two such individuals, Nel and Sula. ... (p.29) Nel is confined, Sula is free. ... Nel was as wild and excited as Sula was. ... Nel and Sula would not speak again until three years later when Sula was on her deathbed. ... Nel and Sula gain a b...
Sula Peace is one of Nel's good friends. ... Nel assures Sula that it was just an accident, but Sula feels terrible. ... Nel is Sula's opposite in many respects. ... Sula grows up feeling guilty and unloved. ... Sula is a novel about ambiguity. ...
The novel Sula written by Toni Morrison is structured around the development of friendship. ... Sula grows up feeling very excluded, guilty and very much unloved. ... Sula in the novel, only cross this line two different time. ... After encountering all the episodes Sula had in the community and having her friendship with Nel fail; the single most important person in her life, Sula feels totally isolated. ... Nel on the other hand is the very direct opposite of Sula. ...
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. ...
Toni Morrison's Sula chronicles the unlikely friendship of two very different women. ... Like 1965, Sula represents anti-conservativism. ... For Sula, the marriage vow is not sacred. ... Sula refuses society's interpellation of her. ... In very much the same sense, Sula does the same thing. ...
In the end, Sula dies alone in her bed. ... A perfect example is Sula's grandmother Eva. ... Sula acted like anyone would expect. ... Sula may have thrown him, but Nel's apathy was far more evil than Sula's accident. ... (Sula)" "Did he see?...