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sula (themes), third. - Coggle Diagram
sula (themes)
race/racism/identity
Pg 81"white men laughing with the grandfathers but shying away from the young black men who could tear that road up"
older (status quo, used to being slaves) VS younger (challenges slavery, given freedom) generation of blacks
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- filled them with choking disgust.
- There was nothing lower she could do, nothing filthier
(blacks' opinions of white nd black sexual intercourse)
Gender Roles
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males portrayed to be dependable and incapable of raising families
BoyBOy;
- preoccupied with other women and not home much,
- and he liked womanising best, drinking second and abusing Eva third
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Sula's independence from men
- Her attraction to Ajax originates from her need to have someone more free-wheeling and independent than she.
submissive to men
their (females') status is an illegal one from birth
if it is not under the rule of men
dependant of men
- So it was rage, rage
and a determination to take on a man’s role anyhow that
made him press Nel about settling down
- Sula's loss of Jude results in essentially the loss of her own identity because the vast majority of women of this era believed that a husband gave a woman her place in the community.
- The girls rejoice in the sexually charged attention they get from the community's men, who tauntingly call them "pig meat."
"motherhood"
- (Teapot's mom) immersed herself in a role she had shown no inclination for: motherhood
- She became the most devoted mother: sober, clean and industrious eg. Helene: does all the 'right' things (goes to church, hosts dinner parties, befriends her neighbours
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