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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
appearsIn Sula NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre novel
appearsInLanguage English
associatedWithTheme Black womanhood
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
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
Jude Greene NERFINISHED
hasMother Hannah Peace NERFINISHED
hasNarrativeRole catalyst for community self-definition
foil to Nel Wright
hasPersonalityTrait defiant
emotionally complex
free-spirited
independent
intense
nonconformist
rebellious
isPerceivedAs evil by many residents of the Bottom
pariah in her community
opposes conventional gender roles
traditional family expectations
symbolizes female autonomy
individual freedom
moral ambiguity
social transgression

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Nel Wright betrayedBy Sula Peace
Nel Wright contrastWith Sula Peace
Hannah Peace deathIsWitnessedBy Sula Peace
Hannah Peace hasChild Sula Peace
Nel Wright hasFriend Sula Peace
Hannah Peace isMotherOf Sula Peace