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cultures," and is always a figure of evil (Champion). Delia is busy working, when she is frightened out of her wits: "Just then so...

first introduced to the condescending nature of men in general when one man says, in relationship to the state of the house, "Not ...

that manners and formal politeness will overlap: the way in which white Southern gentlemen treated white Southern ladies, for exam...

and proper nineteenth-century Victorian lady; Zora Neale Hurston was a plain-speaking twentieth century African-American woman wit...

This paper discusses the employment opportunities for women and what influenced them in a comparative analysis of these novels con...

In five pages the community representations in each of these works are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources used....

to delve into such concentrated and personal subjects as these, especially in front of strangers. However, Larsen recognized the ...

In eleven pages this paper compares each author's uses of vernacular to reflect African American identity concept in their respect...

are putting their own histories together, and finding out about who they really are. Mamas relationship with her two daugh...

leave him. Finally, Janie shares that when her grandmother passes away she seeks her own freedom and runs away from Logan. Many do...

on charming it much as he believes he has charmed most of the towns women, and confining Delia to the home for years is comparable...

"deplored any joyful tendencies" in her, she was "their Zora" (Hurston). She was a confident young girl and this was a very impo...

This paper compares and contrasts the views of the rural south as seen in James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and Zora Neal...

full of material and that I could get it without hurt, harm or danger" (Mules 2). However folks "dont cotton to" Hurston as easil...

In six pages Walker takes inspiration from Winnie Mandela and Zora Neale Hurston in presenting her own personal interpretation of ...

Ini nine pages this paper applies Janet St. Clair's essay to the 'whiteness' of the character Jim in this analysis of Seraph on th...

home at an early age. Hurston described this period of her life as "a series of wanderings." She did occasional work as a wardrobe...

This paper examines the sexuality featured in this 1948 final novel by Zora Neale Hurston in five pages. Five sources are cited i...

This paper examines how Zora Neale Hurston was able to coexist in both white and black literary circles in eight pages. Eight sou...

begin to take on the vestiges of their prior identity to African-Americans. They were the providers of work, that work being very...

her we see this as representative of the Devil, but the Devil will, as Delia suggested, is going to make sure Sykes got what was c...

it up" (Hurston). By focusing on poor urban blacks instead of writing about the African-American doctors, dentists, and lawyers, ...

husband who appears suddenly, as a snake it seems, which is represented by the whip he scares her with. In this we can symbolicall...

a subtle reminder particularly to African-American women of how far they had come as a race and how much further they needed to go...

under the chinaberry tree until its over: "... while inside she knew the cold river was creeping up and up to extinguish that eye ...

love and cherish them for who they are. But it does not happen in these stories, nor does it seem to be happening within the moder...

be rash and foolish for awhile. If writers, were too wise, perhaps no books would be written at all. Anyway, the force from somewh...

and the house that she purchased with sweat and labor. However, Delia makes it clear that she will not be driven out. She tells hi...

Me" Hurston writes, "I remember the very day I became colored...But I am not tragically colored. Someone is always at my elbow rem...

her age and a man that treats her badly. In many ways he enslaves her and she feels helpless to leave him. Finally, Janie shares t...