Friday, April 23, 2010
Sula
Sula by Toni Morrison is the story of two best friends Sula and Nel. These two girls were complete opposites; Nel was a very quiet girl while Sula was very spontaneous and aggressive. This part of Morrison’s story began with the girls walking to the ice cream parlor and as they walked by a group of men they were called pig meat. You would think that this would be a rude and unflattering comment but at that time it was a great compliment. As the story progresses they walk by a group of white boys that are always harassing the black girls and Nel pulls out a knife and tells them to stop bothering her. She then cut the tip of her finger off, which showed that if she would do that to herself what she would do to them. Since that day they left them alone. They went to the river later on in the story and saw Chicken Little and Sula started picking on him while Nel defended him. They then climbed a tree and when it was time to get down from the tree Chicken Little said he didn’t want to ever come down. When he finally came down Sula was swinging him around and let go of him by mistake and he fell in the river and drowned. No one ever found out what happened to Chicken Little nor was it investigated which I find a bit odd.
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The short story “Sula” was interesting because it was the perfect example of how opposite attracts. The two friends Sula and Nel were two different people but got along so well. Nel was more of a peaceful person while Sula was more aggressive like which Morrison showed with his example of Sula slicing her finger to scare the guys away who had previously picked on Nel. They friendship almost came to a end when Sula incidentally caused Chicken little to drown. The girls then had a secret that they kept only between them two which led to them only getting closer.
ReplyDeleteI also found it kind of strange that there was no investigation or even any questioning, it was almost like this was an everyday thing and nobody seemed to care very much that this young boy had been killed. It was also strange that he had been missing for three days before they found him and nobody seemed very worried about him while he was missing. It was almost like they knew what had happened and just did not care. It was a very strange story and I think that this event is partially what caused Nel and Sula to drift apart in their relationship.
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