Clash between Individual and Society in Toni Morrison’s Sula
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This dissertation is anattempt to explore the implicit clash between an
individual and a society in the text,Sula, in which society fails to position an
individual in the existing order of society. Authored by a prominent Afro-American
woman novelist, Toni Morrison,Sula(1973), is a reflection of the black community
called the Bottom in which the individual clashes with society that is the sole
objective of this task.
Sula, the protagonist of the narrative, confronts with the contemporary social
norms that they structure the individuals and their horizons into the social framework.
The society squeezes the individual desires merely in the name of tradition and
cultural logos. So, Sula radically revolts against all restrictions viz.social, cultural,
moral, gender and racial. Although the rest characters are less revolutionary to
interrogate the society, liberal minded Sula devalues and breaks all the pillars of
society one after another. As an outcome, the rocketing angers and dissatisfactions
result into the clash.