Analysis Of Their Eyes Were Watching God By Richard Wright And Zora Neale Hurston

In conclusion, Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston developed different views due to their different upbringings. Hurston was proud of her culture and upbringing and wanted to glorify it. As to where Wright only remembered the negative aspects of his upbringing and wanted to showcase the negative aspects. This caused a problem when Hurston wrote, Their Eyes Were Watching God, because Wright believed that it was written to please the white audience rather than telling the truth behind the racism that occurred. While this may be true, there is a good reason as to why she decided not to write in the negative manner that Wright wanted her to. That reason is the fact that she did not experience racism the same way that Wright experienced it, so