The sentence that follows was taken from the original text below: "Sula, however, is not primarily concerned with the social conflict between the white and the African American communities of
Medallion. The novel mostly concerns the way African American communities both include and exclude those members who have
violated community mores or who have become dislocated in ways that cause them to live on the moral or social margins. The
novel
presents characters who each signify an adaptation to this community, a community divided by class." --Joseph McLaren "Masterplots:
Sula" online article, no page number
Is the following sentence, which uses the excerpt above, plagiarized OR acceptable?
In Sula, characters adjust to their marginalized roles within the constraints of "a community divided by class" (McLaren).