Two Become One In the book Sula by Toni Morrison, we explore the friendship of two young girls in the small town of Bottom. However, it is not their friendship that is so compelling but how they are such opposite in the way they relate to other people, to the world around them and toward each other. Theirs is a symbiotic relationship; one, without the other, will not suffice in its existence. Only the combination …showed first 75 words of 1298 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1298 total…progression of the plot, Nel and Sula complement each other in such a way that allows them to form a single unit. Sula does not corrupt Nel, but rather, assists her in gaining the freedom that she craves, while Sula is searching for "something else to be" (52). They did not want to see the problems in their own personalities, but at the same time, these realizations helped them to understand their own vices and virtue