Sula

“The road less traveled” Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not traveled both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down on as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Thought as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the …

…order in their lives both end in failure, and the consequence is that their friendship is shattered. The two, once described as inseparable, can never reconcile. Sula’s dead, and Nel is left alone to cope with her loneliness. Both women are too late in coming to grips with the fact that the only thing that has ever held their lives together is their friendship. Sadly, once this friendship dissolves, their lives dissolve as well.