Sula Good Vs Evil Essay
Good vs. Evil
“The novel invokes oppositions of good/evil, virgin/whore, self/other, but moves beyond them, avoiding the false choices they imply and dictate,” (McDowell 79). Sula is portrayed as bad/evil, and a liar/betrayer to the people around her. She has been gone from the bottoms for ten years and then returns unknowingly. Nel, Sula’s bestfriend, is thought to be good and caring towards Sula always trying to be a good friend to her. Every time something goes wrong in the Bottoms, it is blamed on Sula. Toni Morrison speaks of good/evil; the characters show conflicts they are engaged in, due to the self/others and right/wrong. Morrison challenges our ideas that it is not always good/evil right/wrong or black/white, there will always be grey areas in everything that is expected.
Sula refuses to settle for a woman's expectancy in the bottom community. …show more content…
He is a man that has returned home from war and suffers from, post-traumatic stress. He institutes National Suicide Day in an attempt to gain some control over death and going crazy. It is very ironic that Shadrack is who leads the people of the Bottom community to their deaths in the tunnel. He stands back and watches the tunnel collapse. He manages to survive the one National Suicide Day that actually turns into a day of death. He started National suicide day in order to prevent death among the community and to give himself something to look forward to so he does not kill himself, due to his illness.
Ajax is a man that has many lovers, and the bottom community sees as it is okay. It is very ironic that for women it is the totally opposite. Everyone is the community loves Ajax, including Sula. Sula and Ajax have had many sexual encounters, and at first everything is easy and satisfying. Later on Ajax starts to feel that the sex is meaning more to Sula, and maybe she is starting to feel passion about him and that scares him
“The novel invokes oppositions of good/evil, virgin/whore, self/other, but moves beyond them, avoiding the false choices they imply and dictate,” (McDowell 79). Sula is portrayed as bad/evil, and a liar/betrayer to the people around her. She has been gone from the bottoms for ten years and then returns unknowingly. Nel, Sula’s bestfriend, is thought to be good and caring towards Sula always trying to be a good friend to her. Every time something goes wrong in the Bottoms, it is blamed on Sula. Toni Morrison speaks of good/evil; the characters show conflicts they are engaged in, due to the self/others and right/wrong. Morrison challenges our ideas that it is not always good/evil right/wrong or black/white, there will always be grey areas in everything that is expected.
Sula refuses to settle for a woman's expectancy in the bottom community. …show more content…
He is a man that has returned home from war and suffers from, post-traumatic stress. He institutes National Suicide Day in an attempt to gain some control over death and going crazy. It is very ironic that Shadrack is who leads the people of the Bottom community to their deaths in the tunnel. He stands back and watches the tunnel collapse. He manages to survive the one National Suicide Day that actually turns into a day of death. He started National suicide day in order to prevent death among the community and to give himself something to look forward to so he does not kill himself, due to his illness.
Ajax is a man that has many lovers, and the bottom community sees as it is okay. It is very ironic that for women it is the totally opposite. Everyone is the community loves Ajax, including Sula. Sula and Ajax have had many sexual encounters, and at first everything is easy and satisfying. Later on Ajax starts to feel that the sex is meaning more to Sula, and maybe she is starting to feel passion about him and that scares him