My Favorite Text From Sula, By Toni Morrison

My favorite text was by far Sula, by Toni Morrison. This novel was one that I understood well, including the metaphors, plot, character development, and more. Sula as a whole was very interesting to me. After just a few chapters, I couldn’t put the book down. The storyline was very compelling, as were a lot of the characters. In comparison to others, this book was the easiest read, and had an excellent flow, which isn’t to say that I don’t like a challenge when I read my books, but the writing being at a more accessible level left more room to understand the intricate metaphors and messages Morrison was trying to convey. In Sula, one character that always piqued my interest was Shadrack. I’m not sure what it was about him, but I tried very
As I was reading the book, I picked up a lot of information about women’s roles in Zimbabwe, as well as social hierarchy and racial differences. There are many notes in my book that point out unjust situations, or small instances that reveal a lot about the culture. I learned a lot in that way on my own, but in class I learned a lot more after the fact. In class, we took the first paragraph of the book and analyzed it. There were so many literary connections I had never thought of before, it shocked me. I knew that being in a literature class there would be many literary devices present in the text, but paragraphs that I thought were pretty straight forward proved to be complex and full of meaning. I learned a lot about how to look for literature, and what is
I have to say, this essay was my favorite to write. Thinking about how much the two had to overcome was so empowering. My passion in this essay was reflected in the comments it received. I had one or two minor typos, but the rest of the comments were all positive feedback. On the rubric, I scored in the above average category for two out of three of the columns. After learning about literary theories in our class’s “theory throwdown” the previously obscure and abstract idea of “the feminine” became more concrete and engulfed my