Topic > Sula by Toni Morrison - Breaking the Rules - 918

Breaking the Rules in SulaA community separates itself from other individuals in a given society. Some communities have their own separate rules or laws. It unites a number of people into one group, one way of thinking. Many communities come together because they share the same goal or common interest. On many occasions, a group or community is formed when someone is different from the majority. A good example would be when a child is teased at school for wearing glasses or braces. Toni Morrison's Sula is the story of a woman whose individuality caused a small Ohio town to turn against her. The novel Sula raises the question of how people or communities come together. In Sula's case, her abandonment of the city has put her in the position of being an outcast. Sula's community considers her carefree and wild ways obscene and inappropriate. A good example would be his need for many sexual partners. Sula sleeps with many men in her town, married or not. "It was the only place where she could find what she was looking for: misery and the ability to feel deep pain. Making love seemed to her, at first, to create a special kind of joy." (122) Her community believes that a good woman of her age should be a mother, a wife, and a servant to her family. A woman should stay at home and be respectful and respectful. Sula was none of these things. From the beginning she has always been different, she preferred to do what she liked to do. He went to college, something most people in his town rarely did. Sula left to pursue a career and satisfy her need for knowledge. He wanted to go out of his way to see everything and experience as much experience as he could gain while he was still young. It was strange to see the town come together when Sula returned from college. Suddenly the people in the city began to turn against Sula. They began to see Sula as a strange person, a devil, as one lady described her, comparing Sula to the town outcast called Shadrack. The city has begun to take care of each other as they try to take care of themselves.