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The Protagonist In Toni Morrison's Sula
Despite the name and approach of the novel, Sula consist of three main protagonists: Shadrack, Sula/Nel and the black people who live in the community of Medallion. All three protagonists are bind together to form a center focus (Reddy 3). Reading Sula, readers may apply that the novel is based on only Sula's actions and her unorthodox behavior she presents. She follows her instant passion unaware of the effect it may have on other people's feelings.
Sula Peace was brought up in a boarding house of a disturbing separation between mothers and daughters, where she grows to become an uncontrolled woman. The only person who can understand her character is her best friend Nel Wright who then they become "something worse than enemies" (Morrison).

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