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In the book Sula by Toni Morrison, as young girls Nel Wright and Sula Peace are the same age, same race, and from the same town. They are best friends. Nel and Sula grew up together in the town of Medallion, getting into trouble together, meeting boys together, and just having fun though they are looked upon as opposites. However, that all stops when Sula leaves Medallion one day and doesn’t return for nearly a decade. When she did finally return, that is when the true differences between Sula and Nel were shown in reality. As children Sula and Nel were very different. Nel Wright is opposite in many respects to Sula. Physically she is light colored and plain. She is thought to be a good girl by her mother and everyone else in The Bottom for she is quiet and obedient. Her family is very respectable, staid, and proper and Nel is brought up to be the same way. Then one day, after meeting her prostitute grandmother, Nel realized the reasoning for her mother’s prim and proper behavior was her effort to wipe out her past. Nel decided that she would be different from her mother. During this time, when Nel is searching for individuality, she became best friends with Sula, who is independent, brave, and strong. Sula is a dar