Birds
Bird Is The WordBirds are everywhere in Sula, and they're not just flitting from tree to tree or hanging out on telephone wires. They're associated with certain characters. When we meet Rochelle, s...
Flowers
A Rose-Shaped Birthmark By Any Other NameLike the symbol of "Birds" (go check that one out if you haven't already), the symbol of flowers shows up in the dangerous-yet-alluring characters of Rochel...
Fire
Purifying FlamesYeah, when two of the prominent characters in a novel die fiery deaths, you'd better believe that "fire" is going to wield some symbolic heft.Fire appears throughout the novel and r...
Water
Sula is a book that turns symbolic meaning on its head. Here, flames are purifying (check out our Symbols analysis of "Fire" for more) and water...is destructive.For Sula (and Nel, to a lesser degr...