Beliefs In Toni Morrison's Sula

There are three major beliefs that Sula maintains throughout the novel that are more negative than positive for her. Foremost, Sula maintains this belief that she can do whatever she desires. This belief is more negative than positive for her because it causes the community to look at her as selfish. Following this belief, she believes that she can create and control her own identity. This is more negative than positive for Sula because she starts to lose who she is, which is an independent and self-assuring person. Finally, Sula feels that her relationship with Nel is so close together, that they are equivalent to being one person. This is relevant because Sula feels that they can share any and everything.

First off, Sula maintains this
Sula getting caught up in a relationship caused her to be to aggressive and it resulted in her losing someone she really had feelings for. Sula never wanted to look for love. She was more interested in the pain of it, and her relationship with Ajax, caused her to lose what she was used to.

Finally, Sula feels that her relationship with Nel is so close together, that they are equivalent to being one person. Together their characters balanced them out to a complete person. Because their relationship was based on sharing with one another, not dividing, it was significant to Sula that Nel can be by her side because she represented what Sula lacked as a person, which is a warm, calm, and an established women.

This is relevant because Sula feels therefore, that they can share any and everything, and that it wouldn't be a problem. This is more negative than positive for Sula because through these relationships with men, it destroyed their relationship and breaks up their individual identity where their friendship is suppose to created by the combination of them two. Sula losing this bond was like losing a part of herself and in a sense, she didn't get back because of her death. But, her bond with Nel ended up coming together on a spiritual