Sula Review

Author

Toni Morrison

Date of Publication

1973

Date set

1920s through 1960s

Cecile

Nel’s great grandmother

Rochelle

Nel’s grandmother, prostitute

Helene

Nel’s mother, has custard skin

Wiley

Nel’s absent father

Nel

main character on the Wright side

Jude

Nel’s husband, cheated on Nel with Sula

Eva

Sula’s grandmother who raised her, adopted a bunch of children

Boyboy

Eva’s ex and an absent father

Ralph

Eva’s son, aka plum, is set on fire

Eva (little)

Eva’s daughter, aka pearl

Hannah

Sula’s mother, burns to death while Sula watches

Rekus

Sula’s dead father

3 Deweys

All different ages, adopted by Eva, basically triplets even though they look nothing alike

Pretty Jhonny

adopted by Eva, AKA tar baby, alcoholic, goes to jail

Chicken Little

drowns, Sula and Nel watch him die

Shadrack

fought in WWI, very traumatized, created National Suicide Day

National Suicide Day

January 3, created by Shadrack to lessen the unpredictability of death, comes to be accepted by the town

Ajax

Was Sula’s lover for a while, Sula was in love with him, real name is Albert Jacks