Sula | Characters

The title character haunts most of the novel with her unusual brand of moral ambiguity. In the book's early scenes, Sula represents the inherent strength in women as she shows Nel how to stand up for herself in a world that little values the personal contributions of a black woman. Sula's strength of character endures as she leaves the Bottom and, in the space of one of Sula's many time-jumps, becomes the only person in town to acquire a college education. Though thus endowed with a marker of upward mobility, Sula is too self-absorbed to push for better things for either her family...

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