Sula

A detailed Summary of Sula

The novel starts out as introducing a man named Shadrack. He served in WWI, and returns to his hometown of the Bottom. The Bottom is a black community in Ohio that rests in the hills above the white community of Medallion. The Bottom was originally given to a former slave who was promised that the hills of the community provided its citizens with a closer connection to God. The trick though, led to the growth of a vibrant community. After returning from the war however, Shadrack was unable to create order in his life. Eventually the citizens of Bottom unthinkingly accept him.

The beginning of the novel in my opinion, should have been taken out, and included Sula and Nel considering they are main characters and Shadrack is not mentioned at all after the beginning. Morrison in my opinion did a poor job introducing the novel and what it is about. A good introductory paragraph should introduce its readers to the novel and provide a little bit of insight into future events. The only good and useful information the author Toni Morrison gives in the introductory, is the back round and beginning of the black community of Bottom, where the story itself takes place. I felt that the part where Bottom is intro

After high school, Nel and Sula both go their separate ways. Nel decides to get married and settles in to the conventional role of a wife and mother.

In 1965, the town of Bottom faces the reality that the white community of Medallion may tear down Bottom to use the land as a golf course. Meanwhile, Nel visits Eva in the nursing home, and Eva accuses Nel of sharing the guilt for Chicken Little's death. Nel now realizes that she too was to blame for Chicken Little's death as much as sula was because she was there too. This was a good part to put in on Morrison's behalf because it makes Sula not look as bad, and puts Nel in the light for some disgrace. Nel also realizes that she has clung to her social conventions in an effort to define herself good, and give herself some peace about the little boy's death. Nel decides to go visit Sula's grave and calls out her name in sadness.

But when sula is on her death bed, Nel and Sula achieve a half hearted reconciliation. Sula dies in 1940, and throws the community of Bottom, into turmoil because of the citizen's mixed feelings about her.

Morrison's idea to throw in an accident to change the plot of the novel is brilliant. It creates a rift between the two best friends and therefore giving a chance for a big makeup chapter at the end of the novel.

Despite their family differences, Nel and Sula become fiercely attached to one another during their adolescence. However, a traumatic accident changes their relationship for the

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Approximate Word count = 999
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English