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“Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.” Henry Adams In the real world, there are many good examples of chaos: disease, political unrest and family and community dysfunction to name a few. Disease can cause chaos because at any moment there could be an outbreak of some deadly disease for which there is no cure. This would cause terror and chaos. Political unrest is very unstable because people can revolt, throw over the government …showed first 75 words of 1166 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1166 total…justify their own judgement, cherished their men more, soothed the pride and vanity Sula had bruised.” As we see in the character Shadrack, the affects due to chaos in its extreme can be destructive and long lasting. On the other hand, Nel’s character and the community illustrate how mundane life can be when the main focus in life is order. Perhaps when there is a gentle mix of the two; there can be bliss.