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Sula’s suffering is greater since Jude abandons her. Moreover, the community judges her as a witch and her friend become one of them. Sula is totally alone but
she knows that life must go on. The way of Sula faces the community and all her problems shows her
toughness. She is not depressed in her loneliness. She struggles to keep alive. Sula learns from her grandmother that life is difficult and she should face the
community.
d. Sula’s Egoism
Sula lives alone since her coming in Bottom. Her mother dies and she puts her grandmother in Sunnydale. She has a sexual affair with her best friend’s
husband, as the result her best friend, Nel Wright, hates her so much and becomes a part of community which hate Sula so much. Sula does not care about this
condition. She always thinks that she can live alone without anybody, but actually she is lonely. This behavior is the result of her great independency. She believes
that life is her own. She does not need anybody to accompany her miserable life. Sula is reminded that she needs someone to protect her. Still, she does not want
someone to take care of her especially when she gets sick. “Why? I can do it all, why can’t I have it all.”
“You can’t do it all alone…..you can’t act like a man. You can’t be walking around all independent-like, doing whatever you like, taking what
you want, leaving what you don’t” p. 142
She thinks that she can do all the things by her self. She does not need anyone to stay with her. She always regards her behaviors as right and rational. One of the
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examples is taking Jude from Nel. She cannot differentiate between the good thing and bad thing. “Being good to somebody is just like being mean to somebody.
Risky. “p.145. She tries to rationalize all her actions. She knows that husbands in Bottom leave their family and she does not like the husband’s act. Still, she has
an affair with her best friend’s husband and makes Nel suffer more. Nel is a good friend of Sula but she does not feel guilty at all. She is the only one who visits
Sula when she is sick. She is the one who attends Sula’s funeral later. She is a rebellion just like her grandmother. When she is child, she often
sees her grandmother having debate with her friends. Sula learns that as a woman, she should depend on her own opinion, whether it is right or wrong. After her
absence for ten years, Sula visits her grandmother. Eva asks her to get marry soon, but Sula refuses it. She has different view of marriage. She does not want to marry
and she only wants to take care her self. Sula defends her own thoughts and argues about it.
“When you gone married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you.” “ I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make my self.”
“Selfish. Ain’t no woman got no business floatin’ round without no man.” p.92
Through one of the central characters of this novel, we learn that family influences one’s personality. There are many factors in shapin g one’s personality
but family holds the most important determinant. Parents should be careful in giving models to her children and able to value their own children.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter will present the conclusion or findings of the analysis. Besides, this part will present the suggestion for future researchers and
suggestions for teaching English using Literature through this novel.
A. CONCLUSIONS
After analyzing the novel, the writer comes to the conclusion that answers the problems formulation. Hannah Peace is characterized as an attractive and
flirtatious woman. She seduces the men around her for her own pleasure. Since the death of her husband, she becomes a woman who believes in non-commitment
relationship with men. Her relationships with men are frequent and short. She avoids making long relationships with men. She is an irresponsible mother
because she never pays attention to her daughter. She never teaches her daughter about the good values in life.
Eva Peace is really an independent and tough woman. As a single parent, she knows that she should survive for her three children and fulfills their needs.
She is also a spontaneous woman. She likes doing anything without thinking the impact. Eva is a rebellious and stubborn woman. She always considers that she is
the only one who is right. Even though she only has one leg, she is an attractive woman and many men are attracted to accompany her.
