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Sula And Beloved, By Toni Morrison

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The novels Sula and Beloved, both by Toni Morrison, are perfect manifestations of the misery’s of the African-American mother’s and the portrayal of strong female characters who must go through journey’s of self identity. In both stories Morrison is able to show the impact and trauma that years of slavery, patriarchy, and being treated differently has on the emotions and decision makings of the black female community in a male dominated society. One of slavery’s greatest influences would have to be the absence of fathers in the family’s. This dearth is the main reason of the maternal roles to dominate throughout the novels.
Throughout Sula each female character identifies her own gender roles in the society. In Sula’s family, her grandmother,
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