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I believe that Hurston was attempting to expose the scope of the racism problem through the character of Janie, as well as the str...

Killicks, an much older, but a very successful man. For Janies grandmother, freedom equates with having the financial security to ...

washed ira up jes lak he wuz gold (3). John is determined to be a good husband; he spurns Mehaleys romantic advances, saying he an...

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

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...

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

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...

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

This essay discusses the influence of Zora Neale Hurston in regards to Alice Walker's perspective on black oral tradition and femi...

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...

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

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...

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...

who will stand on her own and no longer stand for physical abuse. Her husband, however, subconsciously knows that he has no pow...

overrule her inherent independence as a strong, black woman by telling Phoeby she can "tell em what Ah say if you wants to. Dats ...

a distinctly more female approach, as it openly deals with gender issues and missing womanhood. The author, herself, once remarke...

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...

In seven pages this consideration of Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston analyzes how folklore functions. Three sources are cited...

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...

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

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...

these characteristics he is able to become a wealthy landowner and politician in the town of Eatonville. In fact, Hurston indicate...

each of the six areas of life: family and home; spiritual and ethical; social and cultural; financial and career; physical and hea...

extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mothers side was ...

refusal to come to Sykes assistance after the snake bites him represents the decline in her spirituality, the sweat of her hard wo...

to an era gone by as well as to the present time. The poem begins "Black reapers with the sound of steel on stones Are sharpening...