Sula---Fictional Love

Sula was an interesting book. The reading was a bit complicated, and after discussing the book with Professor Wexler, that's the norm of her writing style. This book has the readers looking through the eyes of Sula herself and Nel, Sula's bestie. I personally liked the way the group presented the story itself. There were many themes that involved the main two characters mentioned above. Some of the themes mentioned include: Sula/Nel, The Valley/ The Botttom, and Life Before/ After Sula. There were times throughout the book where I wasn't sure of who the specaker was. Sometimes I would go back just to figure that out. Sula relates to our class theme because the radical part is love really never existed for anyone. Love was discovered, manipulated, and forgotten. Sula thought love was nothing more than just lust and short lived. Nel, however, tried to keep the tradition when she married, Jude. While Nel believed a life without children was no  life at all, Sula took after her mother, Eva, who just enjoyed the company of a man without committment. I think love should have been a theme for the group. Love was something I notcied throughout the book that wasn't unconditional.