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Exploring Feminine Bonds in Literature: A Deep Dive into "Sula" by Toni Morrison

In this lesson, we will analyze key passages from Toni Morrison's "Sula," focusing on the themes of sisterhood, protection, and the impact of trauma. Students will engage in oral readings and discussions about pivotal scenes, particularly the dynamics between Sula and Nel and the profound implications of Chicken Little's death. Assignments include answering critical questions about character relationships and using various literary criticisms, including gender, archetypal, and historical perspectives, to deepen understanding of the text.

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Exploring Feminine Bonds in Literature: A Deep Dive into "Sula" by Toni Morrison

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  1. AP Literature and Composition “It’s a Sisterhood Theory Thursday!” January 10, 2013 Mr. Houghteling

  2. AGENDA • Oral reading • 49-50 / 53-55 / 56-59 • 59-63 / 65-66 • The Death of Chicken Little Questions—Due at EOP.

  3. The Death of Chicken Little—HOMEWORK (Read pages 52-66). • Pages 52-55: In what way does Sula protect Nel, and what is this act’s significance? • Pages 56-57: What disturbing news does Sula find out from her mother? • Pages 58-59: What is the predominant imagery in the scene of the girls in the grass? What does it mean? • Page 63: What unspoken question does Shadrack answer with the word, “Always?” • Page 66: What impact does the death of Chicken Little have on the girls, as indicated on page 66? • THESE QUESTIONS ARE DUE END OF PERIOD THURSDAY!

  4. HOMEWORK • Complete the quotation pull and analysis chart using Gender and Archetypal Criticism.

  5. Colors and Scents Imagery and Archetypes (Read 18-27 first) • “She could not risk letting [her eyes] travel upward for fear of seeing that the hooks and eyes in the placket of the dress had come undone and exposed the custard-colored skin underneath. She stared at the hem, wanting to believe in its weight but know that custard was all that it hid” (22).

  6. Colors and Scents Imagery and Archetypes • “Then it was she who carried the gardenia smell. This tiny woman with the softness and glare of a canary. In that somber house that held four Virgin Marys, where death sighed in every corner and candles sputtered, the gardenia smell and canary-yellow dress emphasized the funeral atmosphere surrounding them” (25).

  7. Colors and Scents Imagery and Archetypes • “In the kitchen, being soaped head to toe by her mother, Nel ventured an observation. ‘She smelled so nice. And her skin was so soft.’ Helene rinsed the cloth. ‘Much handled things are always soft.’ ‘What does ‘vwah’ mean?’ ‘I don’t know,’ her mother said. ‘I don’t talk Creole.’ She gazed at her daughter’s wet buttocks. ‘And neither do you’” (27).

  8. Literary Criticism • Historical Criticism • Archetypal Criticism • Gender Criticism

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