The environment and upbringing of a child builds the foundation for her values and beliefs. Nel's mother Helene is a well-respected woman of the Bottom community and an incredible woman who carries the look of sophistication and elegance. She is a woman "who w[ins] all social battles with presence and a conviction of the legitimacy of her authority"(18). Upon the birth of Nel, Helene "rose grandly to the occasion of motherhood"(18) and like a piece of fresh clay, she begins to mold Nel into her desired shape. Helene's "oppressive neatness"(29) and conservatism "dr[ives] her daughter's imagination underground"(18) and transforms Nel's enthusiasm into majestic composure. To Helene's satisfaction, Nel eventually becomes the "obedient and polite" (18) daughter that she hopes for. Admiring her mother's confidence and dignified reputation in the community, Nel looks to her mother for guidance in becoming a distinguishing woman herself.

A mother leaves an everlasting imprint of her own moral values and judgments on her child and eventually the child becomes the blueprint reflecting those ethics in which her mother believes in. Sula Peace grows up in a household without limitations and restrictions. Her mother Hannah is a woman who indulges in casual sex for mere pleasure and entertainment. Settin

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