The friendship between Sula and Nela can be regarded as a magnet, Sula, which is the negative end; Nel is positive. When Sula and Nel become friends, they produce the perfect combination, being a perfect complement to each other. They both grow up in completely different households and face different upbringings. Nel's mother, Helen, is doing her best to "imagine her daughter's imagination" (Morrison 18), …show more content…
"Their friendship was so close that it was difficult for them to distinguish their thoughts from others" (83). The positive and the negative are melted together, making an ideal neutral, which becomes impossible to separate or determine what is positive and which is negative. Throughout the book we see that Sula and Nel are like people who know them. Even Eva at some point says Nelyu: "You. Sula. What is the difference? "(168). Eve makes reference to the ideal example of Sula and Nela being one, the time when Little Hen sinks in the river. At that moment it seems that Sula and Neal are changing people. Unlike her, Sula panics and cries when she accidentally releases Chicken Little's hand, and Nel suddenly becomes more collected, calming her second