objective essay
Isabel Rojas
English 16
Professor St. John
02/28/15
Women in the Caribbean
In the book “Tell My Horse” by Zora Neale Hurston she constantly talks about the difference between men and women. She demonstrates in many occasions of the book the hardships women faces in the Caribbean by always being looked down upon and constantly being treated unequally by men. Also, that there would always be difference between men and women. Even though she sometimes tries to defend the rights of women, she is always interrupted by men who feel otherwise. Hurston wants to show her audience the sufferings and mistreated of women and how they are unspeakable and it’s beyond our conception. Hurston depicts women not being able to express themselves freely because anything they say can be judged by others. For example, she describes man who believes that women who try into becoming successful are such a waste of time and foolish. Even though a woman does become successful he considers it a joke because all women do is take credit for the men’s inventions. “American women, he contended, were destroyed by their brains...He felt it was a tragedy to look at American women, whom he thought the most beautiful and vivacious women on earth, and then think what little use they were as women” (16) This only establishes the fact that women are not allowed to even be smart because they would be looked at as foolish for even trying. Women would never have the opportunity to prove men otherwise because men would always see them as people who try too hard to prove something they are not. Furthermore, Hurston continues the conversation with the man telling him “So you really feel that all women are dumb, I see” (17) and he responds back saying “No not all women. Just those who think that they are the most intelligent, as a rule. And the Occidental men are stupid for letting you ruin yourselves and the men along with you.” This man clearly has an issue with women being more intelligent than him. It
English 16
Professor St. John
02/28/15
Women in the Caribbean
In the book “Tell My Horse” by Zora Neale Hurston she constantly talks about the difference between men and women. She demonstrates in many occasions of the book the hardships women faces in the Caribbean by always being looked down upon and constantly being treated unequally by men. Also, that there would always be difference between men and women. Even though she sometimes tries to defend the rights of women, she is always interrupted by men who feel otherwise. Hurston wants to show her audience the sufferings and mistreated of women and how they are unspeakable and it’s beyond our conception. Hurston depicts women not being able to express themselves freely because anything they say can be judged by others. For example, she describes man who believes that women who try into becoming successful are such a waste of time and foolish. Even though a woman does become successful he considers it a joke because all women do is take credit for the men’s inventions. “American women, he contended, were destroyed by their brains...He felt it was a tragedy to look at American women, whom he thought the most beautiful and vivacious women on earth, and then think what little use they were as women” (16) This only establishes the fact that women are not allowed to even be smart because they would be looked at as foolish for even trying. Women would never have the opportunity to prove men otherwise because men would always see them as people who try too hard to prove something they are not. Furthermore, Hurston continues the conversation with the man telling him “So you really feel that all women are dumb, I see” (17) and he responds back saying “No not all women. Just those who think that they are the most intelligent, as a rule. And the Occidental men are stupid for letting you ruin yourselves and the men along with you.” This man clearly has an issue with women being more intelligent than him. It