Jesus_Of_Nazareth

Jesus Of Nazareth Peoples’ Rolls In Sula In the novel Sula all the characters have their roles that they’re molded into just like everyone does in life. Based in the time that it takes place in and the fact that the vast majority of the characters are African-American their roles are pretty much forced for them to live by a predominately White- male society. The introduction to the novel starts off towards the end of slave times (the late 1800’s). A good white farmer promised freedom and a piece of bottom land to his slave if he would perform some very difficult chores (pg. 5). The slave performs the chores and the White farmer tricks the slave into wanting the hilly land, which he gets. The hilly land is the worst land possible to have. Where Planting was backbreaking, where the soil slid down and washed away the seeds, and where the wind lingered all through the winter (pg. 5). Getting the worst land possible fit the slave’s role perfectly. Because he was a slave he always got the worst end of everything and by getting the so-called “bottom land” he got the worst end of the deal. Throughout the next few years role, town, sula, roles, life, medallion, land, bottom, after, slave, people, worst, white, pg, peace, one, novel, lives, household, gets, everything, comes, characters, because, young, years, world, way, very, takes, story, sets, poor, person, out, named