Chloe Anthony Wofford was born February 18 1931 in Lorain Ohio a northern community located near Lake Erie as what was to be the second of four children of George Wofford and Ramah Willis Wofford Her parents had moved to Ohio from the South to escape racism and to find better opportunities in the North Despite there desperate efforts the escape the state of the African American in the south the Woffords were proud of their heritage Lorain was a small industrial town populated with immigrant Eur
During the early 20th century women were expected to fall under the same conventional gender role They were all supposed to be submissive get married early and let the husband support their family Women were not expected to go out and make something of themselves but were expected to raise the family We see this conventional gender role in the novel Sula with the characters Sula and Nel When they were younger the two were dependent upon each other and inseparable They relied on each other becau
Theme Sula Every novel is written with a purpose There is some meaning behind what was written and possibly something to learn from the words spoken on the pages Theme is one way that authors can express what they want the reader to feel and get out of the book In the novel Sula Toni Morrison does just that allowing the readers to become mesmerized by the story and recognize the many themes of her work One of the most intellectual themes that can be found in Sula is the unbreakable bond of frie