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A 3 page paper which examines the mother and daughter relationship in Toni Morrison’s novel Sula, and also which compares and contrasts Sula to Edna in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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development of these girls; Sula and Nel. In this story the families play important roles and as such the mother/daughter relationships are important. The following paper examines these and then
briefly compares and contrasts the character of Sula to Edna in Kate Chhopins novel The Awakening. Toni Morrisons Sula In Morrisons novel the reader is introduced to two
very different families and two very different mother/daughter relationships as they relate to the characters of Sula and Nel. On one hand Sula is the daughter of a woman who
simply adores men and seems to ooze sexuality: "Hannah simply refused to live without the attentions of a man, and after Rekus death had a steady sequence of lovers" (Morrison
42). She was a woman who did not necessarily take to mothering and ultimately allowed Sula to grow as she would, just as perhaps Hannahs mother Eva had done with
her. Nels mother is very much a conventional woman who is very strict and organized. She provides the opposite sort of mothering environment from Sulas mother. But, at the
same time this does not make her a caring or nurturing mother. If this were the case Nel would not envy Sula her unconstrained home and mother.
It is also interesting to note that when they grow, and separate, they take on the roles of their mothers: "Nel struggles to a conventional
woman and thrives on community approval. Sula becomes unsettled and adventurous" like her mother and grandmother (Tracy). It is also interesting, and important, to note that Sula, as a
grown woman, seemed to represent the evil that kept the community balanced and good, even in relationship to mothering. Tracy further notes, "Sula then has frequent sex, throws her grandmother
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