Throughout her novel, Sula, Toni Morrison argues the importance of the mother-daughter relationship. As Hannah was influenced by Eva to be independent and untraditional, Sula Peace was encouraged by Hannah to refuse the traditional role model for women in a patriarchal society and rejected the obligation of a woman to create and maintain a family. Sula was more successful in being independent than Hannah had been because she was educated outside Medallion and had experience outside the narrow-minded views of the people of the town.
Sula Peace is influenced by her relationship with her mother, Hannah. Hannah’s husband, Rekus, died when Sula was only three years old. Since her husband died, Sula Peace and Hannah Peace lived together in Eva’s …show more content…
She has a rose-shaped birthmark on her face. This rose-shaped birthmark shapes her personality; she is an independent, attractive, emotional, and a beautiful girl. When Sula Peace and Nel Wright grow up, they are still best friends. However, after Nel Wright’s wedding night, the girls do not see each other for ten years. After ten years, Sula returns to Medallion after attending college and visiting other American cities. In fact, Sula enjoys reuniting with her childhood friends and remembering the past, “Her difference makes her unacceptable. Thus, every bad thing that happens in the town is blamed on her, especially after she puts Eva in a nursing home, and even has her after her affair with her best friend's husband, Jude” (Sreenivasulu 4).
Sula spends her life being hated and judged by Medallion’s people. Although Sula and Nel haven’t spoken to each other since Jude left Nel, they see each other and argue. As they argue, Sula becomes frustrated again by Nel’s attitude towards consistency and tradition. Sula leaves her and dies alone in the home on 7 Carpenter’s Road. Sula Peace rejects any obligation to be a model of the traditional woman’s role: “According to Dorothy H. Lee in Black Women Writers, Morrison is preoccupied with the effect of the community on the individual’s achievement and retention of an integrated, self (Matthews and Watson …show more content…
Sula Peace is a black woman who fights against racism, conservative thinking, and Bottom women in a small town. She, in addition, wants to destroy traditional thoughts and beliefs; such as conservative traditions [marriage, children, and a patriarchal society]: “By showing complementarily of the two women’s identities, Morrison explores the creative possibilities of women’s friendship. She promotes the spectrum by means of which communities’ access human action, suggesting that distinctions between socially acceptable and socially unacceptable practices are arbitrary” (Matthews and Watson 8).
In conclusion, Sula Peace’s character is greatly influenced by her mother’s independent behavior. She always believes from her mother that sex contains happiness, pleasantries, entertainment, joy, and romance. In fact, Sula Peace has learned such things from her mother, Hannah, since childhood. In the same ways, she becomes promiscuous when she matures in the town. Sula is a strange character who does not believe in conservative and traditional beliefs, nor cares about the incidentals or community
Sula Peace is influenced by her relationship with her mother, Hannah. Hannah’s husband, Rekus, died when Sula was only three years old. Since her husband died, Sula Peace and Hannah Peace lived together in Eva’s …show more content…
She has a rose-shaped birthmark on her face. This rose-shaped birthmark shapes her personality; she is an independent, attractive, emotional, and a beautiful girl. When Sula Peace and Nel Wright grow up, they are still best friends. However, after Nel Wright’s wedding night, the girls do not see each other for ten years. After ten years, Sula returns to Medallion after attending college and visiting other American cities. In fact, Sula enjoys reuniting with her childhood friends and remembering the past, “Her difference makes her unacceptable. Thus, every bad thing that happens in the town is blamed on her, especially after she puts Eva in a nursing home, and even has her after her affair with her best friend's husband, Jude” (Sreenivasulu 4).
Sula spends her life being hated and judged by Medallion’s people. Although Sula and Nel haven’t spoken to each other since Jude left Nel, they see each other and argue. As they argue, Sula becomes frustrated again by Nel’s attitude towards consistency and tradition. Sula leaves her and dies alone in the home on 7 Carpenter’s Road. Sula Peace rejects any obligation to be a model of the traditional woman’s role: “According to Dorothy H. Lee in Black Women Writers, Morrison is preoccupied with the effect of the community on the individual’s achievement and retention of an integrated, self (Matthews and Watson …show more content…
Sula Peace is a black woman who fights against racism, conservative thinking, and Bottom women in a small town. She, in addition, wants to destroy traditional thoughts and beliefs; such as conservative traditions [marriage, children, and a patriarchal society]: “By showing complementarily of the two women’s identities, Morrison explores the creative possibilities of women’s friendship. She promotes the spectrum by means of which communities’ access human action, suggesting that distinctions between socially acceptable and socially unacceptable practices are arbitrary” (Matthews and Watson 8).
In conclusion, Sula Peace’s character is greatly influenced by her mother’s independent behavior. She always believes from her mother that sex contains happiness, pleasantries, entertainment, joy, and romance. In fact, Sula Peace has learned such things from her mother, Hannah, since childhood. In the same ways, she becomes promiscuous when she matures in the town. Sula is a strange character who does not believe in conservative and traditional beliefs, nor cares about the incidentals or community