Sula
SulaToni Morrison
Characters in Sula
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Nel Wright
Sula's best friend, raised by a strict mother, who grows into a settled, conventional wife and mother.
Sula Peace
Nel's childhood friend, whose independence and refusal to follow convention make her an outcast in the Bottom after she returns.
Supporting characters
Eva Peace
Sula's formidable one-legged grandmother, who rules the boarding house at the centre of the Peace family.
Hannah Peace
Sula's free-spirited mother, scorned by the town's women for her many lovers.
Helene Wright
Nel's domineering, church-going mother, who enforces propriety above all.
Shadrack (Sula)
A shell-shocked World War I veteran and town eccentric who invents National Suicide Day.
Jude Greene
Nel's husband, frustrated by the limits placed on Black men's work in the town.