provide for her, Nel is desperately trying to escape the confines of "the high silence of her mother's incredibly orderly house" (51). So, it was with these two qualities that the two girls are drawn towards each other. Within them, one found what the other lack.
             As a result, each girl's flaw is transformed into her advantage. The union between Nel and Sula brings comfort and strengthen to each of their weaknesses. Because they are able to console one another, with Sula's presence, Nel no longer "regarded the oppressive neatness of her home with dread" (29). In other words, Sula's unique interest for Nel's disciplined world enables her to accept and utilize the regulation that is used to bind her. Similarly, Nel's appreciation for "Sula's woolly house, where a pot of something was always cooking on the stove; where the mother, Hannah, never scolded or gave directions" (29), leads Sula to relish in the satisfaction that someone else shares her experiences. Therefore, the concretion of their friendship springs from the fact that "they found relief in each other's personalities" (53); or so to say, they cure each other's loneliness, a "loneliness [that] was so profound it intoxicated them and sent them stumbling into Technicolored visions" (51). Together, they are able to withstand obstacles neither would be able to face alone.
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