Friendship in Sula In Sula‚ Toni Morrison questions what true friendship is by putting Nel Wright and Sula Peace’s friendship to the test. Morrison tests the phrase “opposites attract” in this novel. Nel and Sula have two different personalities yet they are able to compliment each other. They are opposites in the way that they relate to other people‚ and to the world around them. Nel is rational and balanced; she gets married and gives in to conformity and the town’s expectations. Sula is an irrational
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“Sula” The story of the two girls friendship is the part that I found relatable. I too have a best friend and we may be very different that Sula and Nel but we all have that relationship of a best friend who is your support system through your adolescence. This is what Nel and Sula provided for each other. Both girls came from such varied backgrounds. Nel‚ coming from a small family that was quiet and organized. Her father was alive‚ but never around. Sula came from quite the opposite. Sula had
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Feminism and anti-feminism in Sula: Right or wrong? Feminism has been in society for decades. In some societies‚ we see how women are kept in their boundaries. In some countries women have to cover their entire bodies in clothing to keep from dishonoring their families. In most traditional societies a woman is to remain virginal to be considered worthy of marriage. In America‚ women were constrained to the household and weren’t allowed to work or vote. These actions were and are considered by some
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November 2012 Paper #2 As my classmate‚ Ethan Salem‚ said in his historian’s report‚ the book‚ “Sula” has a distinct secondary focus to the relationships between parents and their children. In the story “Sula”‚ we witness a friendship between two friends fade away through the years as they grew. Betrayal serves as the main cause of the halt in the friendship between Nel Wright and Sula Peace. One of the side characters in the story‚ Eva‚ Sula’s grandmother‚ plays a significant role in the
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Toni Morrison’s Sula revolves around the relationship of her two main characters‚ Sula and Nel. The childhood friends grow apart with age. Although it is indicated that their friendship is the most important relationship they participate in‚ they eventually betray each other and lead dishonest lives. Throughout the novel‚ we see their constantly deteriorating relationship as a result of absence of a family life. Sula is a novel about the influence family may have on the make up of someone’s personality
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few chapters of Sula in chapter 1940‚ Sula is ill and Nel decide to see her. But she was very nervous because they haven’t seen each other in 3 years. Nel wanted to help Sula so she asked if she needed anything and Sula sends her to pick up some medicine at the drugstore. Once they started talking‚ it led to arguing. Sula then tells Nel why she slept with Jude. Nel gets upset with Sula and left saying she isn’t going to come back to see her anymore. At the end of chapter 1940‚ Sula realizes she is
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life of Sula and other Black women‚ she helps establish how the backgrounds of Black women are different than their counterparts White. One of the most critical views about this novel is how Morrison focuses on a matriarchal community and the strong relationship between the two main female characters‚ Sula and Nel despite their difference of choice as adults. Morrison introduces Sula as a wild character who experiences life to the fullest while becoming a strong and determine Black woman. Sula has to
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In the novel Sula‚ Morrison portrays a correlation between the two main characters Sula and Nel. In the novel‚ Nel is seen as normal compared to Sula‚ who is seen as abnormal. When the novel begins‚ these two characters were young‚ but when the novel ends‚ these two characters were old. Despite the fact that Sula sleeps with Nel’s husband Jude‚ Nel and Sula were the best of friends. In the Bottom‚ a normal person will get married and have children. That normal person is Nel. Nel is a mother and
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Although Sula is represented as an evil source in the black community‚ her perspective of life was not bad enough to earn that role. Her actions and attitudes towards the community is reckless and hurtful‚ but they must been a reason for her ways. Everyone has their own perspective on life‚ so maybe thats what Sula had in mind when she grew up. Her life is much different than Nels so‚ it would turn out more complicated or easier than hers. But in the end with Sula’s habits and problems
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In toni Morrison’s novel Sula‚ friendship is the driving force of the theme. This book shows how friendship helps characters Sula and Nel bare the rough times in their life and find a sense of belonging. Sula and Nel had a friendship that helped sustain them. Both characters Sula and Nel were complete opposites‚ the epitome of the saying that opposites attract‚ which essentially drew them closer together. With this also came complicated relationship that proved to be very trying at times during
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