The effect of a mother“A wise mother knows: it is her state of consciousness that counts. His kindness and clarity demand respect. His love creates security” (Vimala McClure). Mothers play an important role in a child's life; shaping how a child will see things in the world, their religious beliefs, how they establish their values ​​in life, etc. Every individual life is shaped by the personal relationships they have with others. Toni Morrison's Sula tells the story of a black community in the fictional town of Medallion, Ohio, where two girls grow up together, Sula and Nel, shaped by the influences of race, gender and society. Morrison describes the various stresses and sacrifices of motherhood and offers various examples of motherhood. Female relationships and especially the mother-daughter relationship prove to be very important for the identity development of the female characters in the novel. Women face serious consequences due to racism. The double marginalization that the characters encounter influences the mother-daughter relationship and subsequently their identity development. Eva and Hannah Peace's relationship influences how Hannah raises Sula Peace. Both Eva and Hannah don't love their children but say they love them. Eva Peace is a woman full of integrity, pride and will do anything for her children. Her way of raising her children is far from that of other mothers. When Eve's children were little she left them for a whole year and returned from nowhere. After Eva is abandoned by BoyBoy, she takes drastic measures to ensure the survival of her three children and herself. Morrison tells the story of Eva who has to endure an unhappy winter with three children and...... middle of paper ...... finds her inner strength while remaining different from others. Much like her grandmother and mother, Sula continues the inevitable maternal line of rebellion against the assemblage and traditions of gender roles, but lacks the “skills for emotional nourishment, empathy, and connection” (Gillespie 40). Works Cited Gillespie, D.; Kubitschek, MD “Who cares? Women-centered psychology in Sula.” Black American Literature Forum 24.1 (March 1990): 21-49.Hirsch, M. The Mother/Daughter Conspiracy – Fiction, Psychoanalysis, Feminism. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989. Morrison, Toni. Sula. New York: Knopf;, 1974. Print.Sokoloff, Janice M. “Intimations of Matriarchal Age: Notes on the Mythical Eva in Toni Morrison's Sula” Journal of Black Studies, vol. 16, No. 4 (June 1986), pp. 429-434 < http://www.jstor.org/stable/2784198>