blog #6

Well last week wasn't the best of weeks for me, (sighing while typing on the blog) I had written some mighty fine notes that I truly regret not directing, because I even had philosophical questions!! (okay okay, only one was philosophical) but it was a thought provoking question i thought even the teacher would enjoy...Since I didn't get the chance to say anything i wanted to say in front of the class i will type up my potential presentation here so the professor will see how it was suppose to come out:

----When Sula is alive her presence in the community of the Bottom makes all the residents live harmoniously with one another.

===>Ex. Wives with their husbands

===> Mothers with children (ex. Teapots mom treats him better due to her hate for Sula)

===> How families treat their old people

-----------The harmony of the town quickly dies out after Sula's death

Question 1: How does the community define Sula after her return to the Bottom? What is ironic about their attitude toward her?

---------The community defines her as the personification of evil. As their animosity and hatred toward her grow, they impose meaning on random occurrences. They need to do so in order to solidify their definition of her as an evil person. Their hatred of Sula reflects their sexism. A man like Ajax can sleep with whomever he chooses without being condemned. Their horror at Sula's consensual affairs with white men reflects the extent to which racial segregation defines their lives and psychology. Ironically, the community's labeling of Sula as evil actually improves their own lives. Her presence in the community gives them the impetus to live harmoniously with one another. Although the community regards her as an evil person, her return to the Bottom is actually a blessing in disguise.

Question 2: Why do you think that everyone in the community have a strong sense of animosity/hate for Sula Peace but not for her mother Hannah or her grandmother Eva when they all lived unconventional lives?

-----------Sula breaks social convention by putting Eva in a nursing home, having an affair with her best friend's husband, having multiple affairs with other women's husbands, and even her consensual affairs with white men made the animosity of the town grow to the point of seeing her as an evil being without morality.her unpredictable behavior frightened the already suspicious community of the Bottom. In order to understand their fear, they labeled Sula as "evil". Like Eva, they impose order on her influence by retroactively imposing connections on seemingly unrelated events (ex. the "plague of robins" becomes an evil omen of her return) Eva and Hannah were not considered to be serious threats to the social fabric (same as Shadrack) whereas the entire community, including Eva considered Sula a threat.

Question 3:What have been some instances or events in society that people have been viewed as relatively negative or bad but have had some implicitly good consequences like with Sula on the Community of Bottom? (I wont answer this question)

Question 4: Without having bad people or bad things happen in our society, how will people be able to define what is good? How do people define themselves as "good" if there was no "evil"?

Not too bad right?? I really wish things had come out differently, I'm a disappointment onto myself who might not make it in life due to this fear of public speaking, my hands shake, my face turns red like a tomato, my body is nervous, my words come out choppy, and I stutter and say "UMMM" a lot(which I hate about myself). Sometimes I wish i could just kill my self for being such an embarrassment to society. I just don't fit in, no matter how much I would like to, it's hard, it's just so damn hard...but still when things are looking down on me, when I feel like a failure I can't give up either, I need to stay in this game of Chess, I need to keep going no matter how easy it would be to just quit. Life isn't easy, I know that, but I have to stick in there for as long as I can muster. The professor is cool and has taught me to see aspects of life a little more different, and there sure is more to learn! I won't give up! :')