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context to some extent, while also understanding the social and political oppression the African American people experienced at th...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

over her life. While she can have an affair, and while she can perhaps pretend to have an important life, she is retrained from tr...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...