Eva

I thought the final time you see Eva brought up a lot of questions. Did she deserve being in that nursing home? Had she always been crazy like that? Both are hard questions and don't really have a definite answer. One thing is for sure, Eva went through a lot in her life.

Sula Vocab

Repugnance
n.
Strong distaste.
“All of their repugnance was contained in the neat balance of triangles…(when talking about hospital food.”
Most people feel a strong repugnance towards necrophilia.

Abate
v.
To reduce.
“…Shadrack was suffering from a blinding headache, which was not abated by the comfort he felt when the policeman pulled his hands away…”
Milton was a lawyer known for getting his clients the shortest sentences possible, earning him the nickname ‘Master Abater.’

Unequivocal
Adj.
Clear, absolute.
“A black so definite, so unequivocal, it astonished him.”
It is unequivocal that Max is Ben’s favorite student.

Quell
v.
To suppress or put an end to.
“If this tall, proud woman…who could quell a roustabout with a look, if she were really custard, there was a chance that Nel was too.”
Abolitionist’s worked to quell slavery.

Guile
n.
Clever or crafty behavior.
“Her flirting was sweet, low and guileless.”
Max uses his detective-like guile to charm the ladies.

Fastidious
Adj.
Particular, critical.
“Hannah was fastidious about whom she slept with.”
Max’s fastidious opinions slowed down the progress on constructing the Empire State Building.

Vitriol
n.
Critisism.
“…that…made them defend her and protect her from any vitriol that newcomers or their wives might spill.”
The war in Iraq resulted in much vitriol from the more sensible of Americans.

Insouciant
Adj.
Carefree.
“…children looked like three wild things happily insouciant in the May shine.”
Ahh, the insouciant nature of a summer day.

Contrive
v.
To plot.
“Their evidence against Sula was contrived…”
Max began to contrive world domination at the ripe age of three.

Pariah
n.
An outcast.
“She was a pariah, then, and knew it.”
I love the song “Spottieottiedopaliscious” by the rap group Pariah…or is it Outkast?

Comparison of Hannah and Sula

The writer herself compares Hannah and Sula, she compares the way they both look in an apron and their tendencies to sleep around with many man.  The latter is the biggest similarity.  But how they go about it is very different.  Hannah was unresistably sweet, and seemed satisfied with her "busy" lifestyle.  Sula doesn't have the same sweet disposition as Hannah and seems to be sleeping around in search of some sort of satisfaction that she still hasn't found.

Comparison of Hannah and Sula

The writer herself compares Hannah and Sula, she compares the way they both look in an apron and their tendencies to sleep around with many man.  The latter is the biggest similarity.  But how they go about it is very different.  Hannah was unresistably sweet, and seemed satisfied with her "busy" lifestyle.  Sula doesn't have the same sweet disposition as Hannah and seems to be sleeping around in search of some sort of satisfaction that she still hasn't found.

The Hottest Day

The day was so fucking hot that dogs baked under the shade of cars and porches. The smart ones simply shed their fur in one whole piece, leaving it on the ground like it was nothing more than a banana peel. The scorched town soon became a zoo of naked dogs with bad sunburns, day and night, searching for their elegant coats.

Sula Poem #1

When the old hag lay strewn on the lawn
Her daughter suffocated by the fiery wedding dress she had always wanted
And the daughter of her daughter plagued by a hypochondriacs rigor mortis
When the oldest one finally died
Her three sons stood stranded in that painful hour forever
As a continuous slap in the face for something they neither caused nor saw
Destined to be a living symbol of that painful day
And nothing more

The Burning

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