Sula Peace
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Sula Peace is the unconventional, free-spirited protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Sula," whose defiance of social norms profoundly shapes her Black community in the Bottom.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Sula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Black womanhood
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betrayal ⓘ community judgment ⓘ freedom versus responsibility ⓘ friendship ⓘ good and evil ⓘ identity and selfhood ⓘ |
| challenges | social norms in the Bottom ⓘ |
| createdBy | Toni Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBestFriend | Nel Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | African American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | the Bottom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Shadrack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasGrandmother | Eva Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHomeTown | the Bottom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent |
dies relatively young
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falls in love with Ajax ⓘ has an affair with Jude Greene ⓘ returns to the Bottom after years away ⓘ witnesses Chicken Little’s drowning ⓘ |
| hasLover |
Ajax
NERFINISHED
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Jude Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMother | Hannah Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeRole |
catalyst for community self-definition
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foil to Nel Wright ⓘ |
| hasPersonalityTrait |
defiant
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emotionally complex ⓘ free-spirited ⓘ independent ⓘ intense ⓘ nonconformist ⓘ rebellious ⓘ |
| isPerceivedAs |
evil by many residents of the Bottom
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pariah in her community ⓘ |
| opposes |
conventional gender roles
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traditional family expectations ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
female autonomy
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individual freedom ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ social transgression ⓘ |
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