As we have finished this book, a few things come to mind when I consider about what I want to write about in my post. First of all, I have thought a lot about Sula’s funeral, and Nel’s feelings on this subject. Actually, backing up first I’ll talk about the situation between Nel’s husband and Sula. While Sula does have very loose and casual feelings about the topic of sex, I don’t think that there is any question that she was completely in the wrong in sleeping with her best friends husband. While she doesn’t see it as a big deal because that is how she was raised, she should know enough that it is definitely an incredibly inappropriate thing to do with not just anyone’s husband, but her best friend’s husband. It does need to be taken into consideration that Sula was raised by a woman who had immensely casual feelings on sex, but there truly is no excuse that she slept with Nel’s husband. However, he too definitely deserves some blame in this situation. He knows that it is wrong to do, and he not only cheated on his wife with some random woman, but the woman was his wife’s best friend. This is why I am a little confused that Nel truly misses Sula after her death. I mean, this is definitely understandable, her best friend for her whole life has passed away, but I personally would still have a lot of bitter and unforgiving feelings towards Sula. Sula, even though she didnt mean to, caused Nel so much pain. In addition to the pain of knowing that her best friend and husband shared that intimate moment together, that moment pushed Nel’s husband to leave her. I am kind of torn in the end, part of me sees why Nel is so upset, but part of me is left confused that she is THAT upset at a person who has probably caused her the most pain she has ever experienced.
