Explain the kind of relationship Nel and Helene have. Explain how their train trip down south affected this relationship and affected Nel overall. How are they similar or different to how Sula and Hannah get along?

This is only a short answer space. Helene passes along the same sense of goodness and superiority to her daughter Nel. Helene “dr[ives] her daughter’s imagination underground” with her discipline and her religion. Nel becomes the vessel through which Helene will redeem her own shameful past. Consequently, Helene makes it a point to manipulate her daughter’s behaviors and actions, even determining whom she can play with at school.