Sula

Not Sula Sula is not the villain. Although, Sula has completed a lot of heinous acts, none of them were malicious. Sula’s first heinous act, that harmed someone, was the death of Chicken. When Chicken entered the text, on page 130, Nel immediately began to berate him, Sula then stood up for Chicken and helped him climb a tree. Furthermore, Sula was very nurturing to Chicken when helping him climb a tree, for she offered words of encouragement and comfort. Chicken’s death was the result of Sula…

Throughout the book, Sula is judged to be bad by the society that surrounds her, while Nel is thought to be the picture of goodness. Even though the whole town of Medallion thinks Sula is the devil, she brings good to the town. Each person in the Bottom's quality of life improves, because they all ally themselves against her. She brings about change in the town that no one thought possible:…

of the birth mark not only shows us how Sula was perceived in her community, but also the freedom and willingness Sula had to explore herself and because no one else in Bottom had that willingness, they all leaned on Sula to explore what they were afraid to do. (Talk about sula’s birthmark as the representation of her independence. Talk about the different perspectives of the birthmark (rose, snake, etc) as a transition of different identities so that sula can find her true…

readers to question the meaning of labels such as ‘hero’ or ‘villain’. Likewise, both Nathaniel Hawthorn, author of The Scarlet Letter, and Toni Morrison, author of Sula, force their readers to question the meaning of the word ‘hero’ through their main characters: Hester Prynne and Sula Peace. These books depict Hester Prynne and Sula Peace as sinful or evil. However,…

and ultimately their life. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, Victor and the creature journey through the path of good and evil knowing that neither one of them was considered just good or just evil. Similarly to the novel Sula by Toni Morrison, both Nel and Sula face the same obstacles and shared a similar experience. In addition to the theme of good and evil, the concept of straddling the binary opposition is another related theme. Examples of these oppositions include fire versus…

Response of Sula “Nobody knew my rose of the world but me,,,I had too much glory. They don’t want glory like that in nobody’s heart”-The rose tattoo. The novel Sula starts off the book with this quote. The quote is a metaphor towards Sula's birthmark above her eye and her glory. Sula speaks her mind and does whatever she pleases. I enjoyed reading the novel because you see two different personalities come together. Nel is completely different from Sula. Nel was raised to be a housewife. Sula had…

Cultural View of Males within Woman Warrior and Sula Within various cultures, males are highlighted as the epitome of power. Society has always characterized the males as the breadwinners, while women stay at home care for the children and clean. This is still relevant within society today, some cultures more apparent than others. Within Sula Males are, “Viewed collectively, Morrison’s male characters reveal that issues of gender, race, and class cannot be separated,” (Mayberry 519). In…

Just as Black females come in all shape, sizes and shades of color, there is no one box that can contain a Black woman’s sexuality. Since slavery days, there has been a suppressive chain placed by society dictating that Black women were either sex toys for someone else’s pleasure or an asexual laborer that could be treated even worse than a Black man. Sojourner Truth described the reality of being a Black female in 1851 with “Ain’t I a Women?” declaring that can work just has hard as man and her…

as successful. In Morrison’s novels The Bluest Eye, Sula and Beloved, the main protagonists’ oppressive living situations, including their relationships with family members and the conditions and environment of their…

lemons, make lemonade.” It restored Cholly of his masculinity when he thought he had none left. All due to the fact that the community had supported him when all hope was lost. Through the power of taking responsibility for the destruction of Pecola and Sula, made it possible for change to be made which allowed the people in the community to see their ugliness. If they had the support of their community and mother, a healthy sexual and personal identity, or any form of positivity in their life…