In the novel Sula by Toni Morrison, the idea that Sula and Nel are different is proven multiple times. Throughout the entire novel, the stark contrast between Nel Wright Greene and Sula Peace is shown, starting from their childhood, when they first met. Nel Wright Greene, daughter of Helene, grew up in a clean and orderly household. Helene had "[driven] her daughter's imagination underground" (18). Nel never gets the chance to just be a normal child with a creative imagination; instead, Nel is raised in an overly-clean and strict home. Her grandmother was a prostitute, which made Helene extremely cautious of the way that she brought up Nel; Helene’s shame at her own mother’s chosen path was evident to Nel. In Nel’s early childhood, she is
