National Suicide Day In Toni Morrison's Sula

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The well-being of a person and other people is one of the many concern for communities. It can just come from general curiosity or even from the overall safety of those who resides in that same community. In Toni Morrison’s Sula, we meet a character named Shadrack, who returned from the World War and now suffers from a mental anxiety disorder. When he returned to The Bottom, as shaken up as he was to be back in this environment, Shadrack created a day for people to commit suicide. This day was known as National Suicide Day. In Toni Morrison’s Sula, how does she uses the symbolism behind National Suicide Day to show its effect it had on Shadrack and the