Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
             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 same,
             In leaves no step had trodden black.
             Oh, I kept the first for another day!
             Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
             I doubted if I should every come back.
             Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
             And that has made all the difference.
             "Two roads diverged and I took the one less traveled and that has made all the difference." This line in the poem could be applied to the two paths of life, the first path being conforming to the society and the other, becoming an individual. The path of society may be an easier one for people to travel through. It is a way of acceptance, one where the rules and regulations already exist and one just has to follow them. The path of the individual, however, is much less accepted and more difficult. It is one where you make your own decisions and choices. Often times however, conflicts occur between people living their lives in terms of society's standards, and the others who are their own individual person. "Sula" tells a fractured story about the lives of two women, Sula Peace and Nel Wright, who are on seemingly opposite paths. While Sula seeks to chart her own destiny, Nel strives to maintain the appearance of having achieved a comfortable middle-class life. One way this female dichotomy manifests in the story is through sexual identity: Sula is as sexually active as her promiscuous mother had been, while Nel remains in a monogamous marriage. One day, Nel returns home and discovers Sula and Nel's husband in bed. Hurt and confused, she refuses to continue the friendship she has had with Sula since childhood. Sula, an independent woman who has never been...