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Characters like Eva Peace, who kills her son Plum, and Sula, who accidentally drowns a little boy called Chicken Little, have backgrounds involving struggle and suffering, but the deaths they are connected to do not specifically spring from their own personal traumas.Īnother symbolic mystery in the novel is the character called Shadrack, a World War I veteran who comes back from the war deeply traumatized (he is experiencing what we would today called extreme PTSD). However, the pattern of violence in the novel is different from what we might expect after reading The Bluest Eye. Sula and Nel are sometimes peripherally and sometimes centrally involved in a series of violent acts. The time frame is roughly 1919-1965 - the end of World War I to the peak of the American Civil Rights movement. Some sources have indicated that Morrison may have had the city of Pittbsburgh, PA in mind in constructing Medallion she had based her account of the place on stories she'd heard from her mother, Ramah Wofford ( nee Willis). They live in a loosely-organized, predominantly Black community called “the Bottom,” which exists on the edge of the predominantly white town of Medallion, Ohio. Louis Dispatch, though Sara Blackburn's review in the New York Times did make some controversial criticisms of Morrison's "narrow" focus on a small-town Black community (see our reception history essay for more on this controversy).Īt its core, Sula is a novel about two friends, Sula Peace and Nel Wright, who grow up together and then grow apart. It was generally positively reviewed in venues like The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and St. Sula, Toni Morrison's second novel, was published in 1973. Toni Morrison : A Teaching and Learning Resource Collection Main Menu Overviews of Toni Morrison's Fiction Overviews of Toni Morrison's Eleven published novels Overviews of Toni Morrison's Nonfiction and Drama Reception Histories Reception Histories: Toni Morrison's fiction Toni Morrison: Critical Overviews Toni Morrison: Biographical Note Biographical Overview of Toni Morrison's Life and Career Who Gets to be the 'Great American Writer'? Toni Morrison and Oprah's Book Club Maps and Data A Path Pointing to Maps and Data Related to Toni Morrison's Writings Amardeep Singh c185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1 "Sula" (1973): Overview and Links 1 T13:46:10-04:00 Amardeep Singh c185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1 203 6 Overview and links to materials related to "Sula" on this site plain T10:45:52-04:00 Amardeep Singh c185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1 Please enable Javascript and reload the page. This site requires Javascript to be turned on.