Sula
April 6, 2007
rebecca44
I am sort of enjoying this book; I find it very different though. It sort of reminds me of The Sound and the Fury in some ways. It reminds me of it because it has some characters that just don’t seem right in the head. Eva Peace delivers her sons bowel that was life threatening, leaves her children for 18 months with out telling them it would be that long. She returns with more money than she left with and she lost her leg. It is believed that she lost her leg on purpose for insurance money. Later in the readings her son whom she nick named
Plum returns from war with disturbed memories and a heroine addict. She kills him. She seems to be a disturbed character. Another part of the story so far that was weird was when Sula swings the boy into the river and he drowns. Although she didn’t do it on purpose, it is just weird that nothing was done about it. The last part of the story that I felt was important was when Hannah takes the nap and dreams about a red dress. She then dies a little bit later in a fire, while Eva is badly injured. I thought it was so weird that Sula saw it happen and she wasn’t afraid or upset, she seemed interested in it. That struck me funny; if I ever saw something like that I don’t how I would get over it. She didn’t seem to be very upset about the boy, who drowns either, which I thought was odd.
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Alex T. | April 8, 2007 at 1:30 am
The scene where Hannah, Sula’s mother, burns in a fire while she watches is very interesting scene. Toni Morrison never ltt us know why Sula just watches. Is she paralyzed with fear? Is she paralyzed with intrest? Is she just deatched. We may never know and I don’t think it was the point Morrison was trying to make. I think she may have wanted her readers to focus on people have to say about Sula, including what they say about this incident.
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kellbell | April 12, 2007 at 2:17 am
I would also have to agree I can see how this sorta relates with the sound and fury with those characters that just don’t seem right in the mind. Like what is the deal with crazy characters!!!???
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codydaigle12 | April 13, 2007 at 2:13 am
I also agree that there are definately some crazy characters in this novel and some of the others that we have read. I also agree that it was very odd that nothing was done about the boy who drown in the river.
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Lauren | April 15, 2007 at 10:31 pm
I definately agree with you in saying that the characters in this book have the same manner of those in the Sound in the Fury. This book is a much easier read, and I find it quite interesting as well.
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mandy2612 | April 30, 2007 at 5:57 am
I definitely see what you are saying about Sula not being right in the head, and how one could compare her to The Sound and The Fury. The situation in which Sula sees her mother burning to death alone shows that she is an odd kid, who will eventually turn into a very strange woman. If a kid witnessed something like that in this day and age, they would probably be treated medically for a very very long time, because something as horrible as that would mess a person up for life.