Sula Flashcards
(17 cards)
Cecile
Helen’s grandmother
She raised Helen from birth.
Arranges Helen to marry Wiley wright
Chicken little
A neighborhood boy. One day sula playfully swings him around by his hands. She loses her grip and he falls in the river and drowns
Nel
The daughter of Helen , in adolescence she develops an intense friendship with sula. Nel marries Jude, and later is abandoned by him
Sula peace
Sula is Hannah’s daughter. She has a birthmark over one of her eyes.
Helene wright
Nels mother
Shadrack
WWI veteran from the bottom. He spends 2 years in a hospital after he suffers after a traumatic experience . He instituted national suicide day
Hannah peace
Sulas mother. She has frequent affairs with men who take her fancy. Many women resent her.
Ajax
Ajax has many lovers who often fight over him in the streets. He is always nice to his lovers. His only true loves are his mother , a conjure woman , and airplanes
Jude Greene
Nels husband. He tears apart nel and sula when he has an affair with sula and Rhenish abandons nel
Who killed plum
Eva peace
Name of the boy sula killed
Chicken little
Sulas last name
Peace
What is the colloquial name if they’d Tuen
The bottom
Bane if holiday shadrack invented
Suicide day
Setting
The bottom
Major theme
Good and evil
Minor theme
Friendship