The ending of Sula was different from others that we read.  Usually a book has pretty good closure and there are some questions remaining when finished.   This book however, leaves you with many questions when finished reading.  Sula herself was a very odd character.  The book sort of revolves around her and the mistakes that she makes.  Nel is her best friend and they seem to have a very good connection, they just get each other completely it seems.  Sula didn’t seem that different from others until she and Nel watch chicken little drown.  I thought that was really odd and couldn’t understand why they didn’t try to help.  Later on we find out that it was a sense of tranquility for Nel to watch him drown.  Then Sula watches her mother burn to death.  She doesn’t do anything but almost watches as if it is entertainment.  She too enjoyed watching it.  That sort of ties them together in a weird way.  Nel later gets married to Jude, and we know that Jude is only marrying her just so that he is married.  Then Sula sleeps with Jude.  Most people can’t imagine their best friend sleeping with their husband, and if that did happen, most would probably cut off ties with one or both of them.   They don’t talk for a long time until Sula is dying.  Nel goes to visit her.  I think she does this because she needs closure.  Nel gets Sula and knows that she grew up with her mother being a prostitute and for them sex just made you happy and it wasn’t a big deal.  Knowing this Nel sort of understood but as any other person would she needed closure and to hear it from Sula why she did it.  Sula says that it meant nothing and she didn’t understand why Nel couldn’t get over it.  Nel goes to Sula’s funeral and says goodbye to her.  When Sula dies the town thinks it is this great thing, and that the “witch” is dead.  What they didn’t realize though was that Sula was their way out of bad things, she was the one to blame things on.  Once she dies bad things start to happen again and I think that the town eventually realizes this.   The ending of this book leaves so many questions about Sula and Nel and both of their lives.  It was an interesting book to read, but the ending was frustrating.