Abstract. The research paper is about the study of the way of life, customs and beliefs of the people against the background of certain time frame. The story moves around the central character Sula. The study of the central character automatically and inevitably becomes important to understand the culture of the areas to which she belongs. Here Toni Morrison?s main concern of cultural study is ?The Bottom?. Besides Sula, Nel, Sula?s friend is the second important character that is very important with regard to the study of the culture of the character and that of the particular place -?The Bottom?. Morrison?s insight into the cultural aspect is not limited only to the afore-mentioned two characters rather she extends her interest to the whole lot of the people who make a complete society in ?The Bottom?. The paper is an attempt to show how Morrison minutely and painstakingly discusses all these things. It is also an effort to bring the cultural descriptions to the surface through such actions, situations, twists that go on in the novel. Things described in the novel are bound within a certain time frame. The novel is a sort of biography of the people of ?The Bottom?. It is a record of 46 years i.e., from 1919 to 1965.
Assistant Teacher (English), UHS, Tandwa, Pratappur, Chatra, Jharkhand
