Sula is a nice read. I am actually not minding this book to read. To begin, I found it interesting when it explained how the Bottom for its name. It was when a slave was promised that if he got so many of these difficult chores done, he would get this “bottom land” and be freed. However, the man changed his mind when the slave had completed these tasks and instead gave him that land in the hills. The slave took this before realizing how difficult the farming would be.
The story then picks up and we begin to be introduced to the characters. I found it oddly disturbing with the whole situation of Ralph who had the infected bowel. It was very gross, especially when it was described that she removed it herself and all. I did not enjoy that disturbing image in my head. Eva’s husband had abandoned her, and then she abandons her own children for 18 months. She leaves them with Mrs. Suggs saying she will be back in a few hours. She returns 18 months later with a decent amount of money and also a missing leg. This was all quite interesting.
In the beginning there is also this topic of sex reoccurring. Hannah and Eva talk about this mostly. Eva loves men, and flirts often. Hannah will sleep with any man that she can. This is a theme that we have seen throughout our past books as well. We see this continuing throughout Sula also.
