Sula Questions and Answers
In Sula, what reasons did Sula point for having sex with Jude?
“Although the novel is titled Sula, the real protagonist is Nel because she is the one who is transformed by the end.” To what extent is this statement true?
What is symbolic about fire and water in Sula?
What is the symbolism of the gray ball?
Contextualize and critically comment on the following lines from Sula - "Talking to Sula had always been a conversation with herself."
In Sula, who says that she loves Sula but does not like her?
What are the similarities between Sula and Shadrack in the novel Sula by Toni Morrison?
Would you say that Eva's killing Plum was justifiable in Toni Morrison's Sula? I think her circumstances and the racist times, etc. may help us understand what she did. I don't think killing is ok, I just think you can understand what she did when you take it in context of what life in the Bottom was like during the 1920s.
How is the environment/nature used as a foreshadowing tool in Sula?
What is the symbolism or significance of the robins in Sula?
Why does Sula sleep with Jude and leave him? How does Nel react? How does this situation connect with the overall theme of laughter within pain?
Why is Eva unable to tell The Deweys apart in Toni Morrison's Sula, and what is their significance to the whole story?
How are Sula and Eva similar and different in Sula?
What life lessons can we draw from Toni Morrison's novel Sula? I need at least four lessons. Thanks!
What are some crude allusions to the body in Sula? What is the importance of these allusions and their connection to sexuality?
In Sula, how was the neighborhood established? How is the name of the area "The Bottom" symbolic?
Where is the "Bottom"? How was the neighborhood established, and how is the name symbolic?
Why does Eva set Plum on fire?
Where is feminism found in Sula by Toni Morrison? What characters could be talked about concerning feminism, and how does Toni Morrison show this?
How does generational trauma manifest in Sula?
How does Toni Morrison use language to make the burning of Plum seem less horrific than the burning of Hannah in Sula?
How can Sula be considered a misunderstood hero when she is portrayed as a villain throughout the whole novel Sula? I'm having trouble considering Sula as a misunderstood hero given her actions throughout the novel.
What is the message or lesson learned from Toni Morrison's Sula?
What college did Sula attend? Did Sula ever use her education or finish her education?
In Sula, what are some superstitions and omens that the people of the Bottom believe?
When did Sula and Nel's friendship end?
Explore how Nel’s trip with her mother, Helene, leads to Nel’s self discovery in Sula.
Is there forgiveness in Sula? Was anyone forgiven for anything?
How are the characters sympathetic in Part Two of Toni Morrison's Sula?
What kind of narrator can be found in Sula? Find examples in the novel.
Drawing from Sula by Toni Morrison, discuss what choices are available to black women outside their own society's approval.
What type of symbolism is in the book Sula?
Ch. 1940 1. Nel talks to Sula about many different topics, and their dialogue reveals their different views on these points. Explain how each of them feels, their point of view on the following topics. a) Jude, and what happened, their view on marriage b) about the role of a “colored woman” c) about friendship and love, d) about who was good Ch. 1941 2. Just after Sula dies it felt like there was a brighter day dawning. But as November came around “a falling away, a dislocation was taking place” (153). What are three signs of this dislocation? How did things change up in the Bottom after Sula’s passing? 3. Why did things change up in the Bottom after Sula’s passing? 4. How did Shadrack change after the death of Sula? 5. What happened during this particular Suicide Day and why?
Please help me answer this question! quoted form Morrison in the forward of Sula... "outlaw women are fascinating not always for their behavior, but because historically women are seen as naturally disruptive and their status is an illegal one from birth if it is not under the rule of men. In much literature a woman's escape from male rule led to regret, misery, if not complete disaster. In Sula I wanted to explore the consequences of what that escape might be, on not only a conventional black society, but on female friendship." How does Toni Morrison explore the idea of female freedom in Sula? How does Morrison characterize the female characters? Are they able to escape male rule and conventional black society? What are the consequences for these choices? What is Morrison communicating through these women?
What is Shadrack’s motivation for creating National Suicide Day in Sula by Toni Morrison?
1965 1. In this chapter Nel visits Eva. Describe in detail what they talk about. When Nel finishes visiting Eva, what does she admit? 2. Describe the scene at the very end of the novel, when Nel goes out to the cemetery to visit Sula’s grave. What happens, what is revealed?
How do the people in the bottom react to Sula's death?
How does Toni Morrison's novel Sula remain relevant today?
Identify Nel's personality traits and mode of operating in Sula.
What is the order and chaos in Sula?
What does this line mean, why is it important? "They sank Chicken Little in between his grandfather and an aunt."
What type of symbolism is in the book Sula?
Who does Nel belong to now according to Sula?
What are the three most important aspects of Sula?
How does Hannah feel about her daughter Sula? (Pgs. 56-57 On pages 56–57 of Sula, How does Hannah feel about her daughter Sula?
What archetype best fits Shadrack?
How does Toni Morrison's Sula indicate a shift in fiction during the late twentieth century?
What are the similarities between Sula Peace (Book: Sula) and Pecola Breedlove (Book: The Bluest Eye)?
What are the principles Sula lives by?
Why do you think Morrison would choose to include racial slurs when telling the story of how the hilltop town of Medallion came to be called "The Bottom"?
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