Sula
The plot of Sula consists of two parts set within a frame narrative. ... Sula Peace is one of Nel’s good friends. Sula live in a house with her grandmother, her mother, and several staryboarders including a white alcoholic named Tarbaby and three young boys all named Dewey. ... Sula’s mother, Hannah, is a deeply sensual woman who sleeps with all the men in The Bottom. ... Sula overheard her mother saying that she does not like her. Sula, however, does not feel close to her mother and views her in detachment. Therefore, on the same day, Sula and Nel were playing with a little boy named Chicken Little down by the river. Sula was holding him by his hands and swinging him around. ... Not knowing where to turn, Sula goes to Shadrack’s cabin for help, but Shadrack did not want to help them. ... Nel assures Sula that it was just an accident, but Sula feels terrible. ... The theme of this novel is the question of good versus bad, but the conventional ideas of good and evil are turned upside down in Sula. Throughout the book, Sula is judged bad by the society that surrounds her, while Nel is thought to be the picture of goodness. Consequently, Sula sees herself as evil, while Nel judges herself to be good. For example, the result of Sula accidentally killing Chicken Little had her believing that she was evil. ... As an adult, Sula is wild and unconventional, while Nel is the picture of propriety and goodness. The main characters in this novel are Nel Wright and Sula Peace. Sula and Nel are childhood friends who grew up in a small town in Ohio and have many things in common with each other.