Toni Morrison’s novel entitled Sula, is a very interesting book that tells the tale of two women, at the same time very different as well as very similar. That seems to be an odd thing to grasp, but once one reads about the two girls Nel and Sula, they will be able to see how two people can be both very similar and total opposites at the same time, depending on how you look at them. A perfect example of a difference and a similarity at the same time is their upbringing. Sula’s mom is one who views sex has a very casual and simple thing, which has a huge impact on Sula, making her view sex as the same. Nel’s grandmother had also been a prostitute, viewing sex as very casual. Now if Nel’s mother had taken the same route as Sula, she would have followed in her mom’s footsteps and also viewed it as casual. But Nel’s mom took the opposite route, she was very proper and reserved, which had an affect on Nel. I found this to be very interesting, that they were so different, but got along so well and looked out for each other in such a great way. One of my favorite parts of the book was when Sula cut her finger off to show the boys that they should not be messing around with Nel, because Sula just will not have that.
April 16, 2007 at 2:11 am
I thought the same thing, that because Sula’s mom viewed sex as such a casual thing, Sula thinks the same thing, and treats it as a casual thing.