All 4 Uses of
obligation
in
Sula
- They would read the newspaper aloud to her and make observations on its content, and Eva would listen feeling no obligation to agree and, in fact, would take them to task about their interpretation of events.†
Chpt 1921 *
- But it seemed to her now that it was not a fist-shaking grief they were keening but rather a simple obligation to say something, do something, feel something about the dead.†
Chpt 1937
- Eva's arrogance and Hannah's self-indulgence merged in her and, with a twist that was all her own imagination, she lived out her days exploring her own thoughts and emotions, giving them full rein, feeling no obligation to please anybody unless their pleasure pleased her.†
Chpt 1939
- There was a silence but Nel felt no obligation to fill it.†
Chpt 1940
Definition:
a duty