Open AccessThe Rebellious, Untamed Mare: Morrison's Heroine Sula
Author(s) -
Afaf Ahmed Hasan Al-Saidi,
Shunayfaa Muhammed Alqarni
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of language teaching and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0684
pISSN - 1798-4769
DOI - 10.17507/jltr.1006.09
Subject(s) - pariah group , wright , relation (database) , psychoanalysis , psychology , sociology , gender studies , art , political science , law , art history , politics , database , computer science
In her novel Sula, Toni Morrison creates one of the few black heroines to deliberately enhance the role of a pariah. This paper tries to unfold the rebellious attitude against the norms of the black community that mainly revolves around male’s centered society. Sula considers herself a free spirit who challenges and goes beyond all the boundaries; she dares to confront every aspect of that society. Her personality is remarkably evolved since childhood, whether with her relation with her grandmother; her mother or her friend Nel Wright as well as with her lovers. Being raised in household of strong women shapes the person she becomes; fearless, rebellious and daring.