Hurston uses dialect in her novels to enable the user to have a deeper insight into the culture in which the novels are set. Dialects are used to preserve oral traditions of a particular group. She uses dialect to preserve the African-American oral traditions to be passed on to the reader. The use of dialect makes the characters more interesting‚ especially to the African-American society. It is obvious that the book was meant for a black audience who read using the southern dialect among blacks
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Neale is a brilliant writer that can create vivid imagery in the readers mind. The opening of Zora Neale Hurston’s novel‚ “Seraph on the Suwanee" demonstrates the contrast between the famous Suwanee River‚ and the people that live in Sawley town. Hurston use of alliteration and diction make Sawley seem like a beautiful place to those who have never been there. On the other hand she also describes harsh diction and imagery‚ which more accurately depicts what it is like working on the river‚ and characterizes
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The 1950’s-60’s70’s-80’s Miranda Moultrie Nixon Back Again The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election‚ held on Tuesday‚ November 5‚ 1968. Moon Shot On July 21‚ 1969‚ President Nixon spoke from the Oval Office to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin at the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Woodstock A village in New York state
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white-master never leaves her. Her sexual exploitation causes her to see legal marriage as the only uplifting way out for Janie’s life. Marriage‚ in turn‚ turns out to be a trauma for Janie until she marries Tea cake. Through Janie’s relationship‚ Hurston seems to be saying
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Hurston is widely recognized for her contributions to the “New Negro Movement”‚ affectionately referred to as the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston’s diverse literary portfolio includes: Jonah’s Gourd Vine‚ Mules and Men‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ and Seraph on the Swanee. Of herself‚ Hurston notes: “I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul‚ nor lurking behind my
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Hurston alludes to this comparison when she has Janie defend the mule against its baiters saying‚ “They oughta be shamed uh theyselves! Teasing dat poor brute beast lake they is! …Wisht Ah had mah way wid’em ali”(56). Janie’s reaction to seeing the mule being
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in blue because Tea Cake told her to wear it” (Hurston 105). Before Tea Cake‚ all the men were making moves on her and all the women were encouraging her to find a man. However‚ as soon as she goes off with this new man‚ they shame her because he’s younger. People made the assumption that Janie would need an older man‚ or a man of the same age to take care of her but no longer looked at her in the
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prying with a purpose.” This quote by Zora Neale-Hurston gives people a different viewpoint on the idea of researching in general. However‚ it focuses on how research is not just an abstract concept and specifically how it should be done. The first part of the quote describes what research is‚ here formalized curiosity‚ and the second part deals with how one should conduct research‚ here searching for a specific something or purpose. Zora Neale Hurston did‚ in fact‚ research with purpose. She wrote
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while they learn about the European Renaissance that happened several 100’s of years ago. But what ever happened with the other Renaissances? Most of them were used to lay down several basic foundations for our society and then drifted off out of our memory. One such Renaissance was the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance created and influenced some of the greatest minds of the 20th century. Zora Neale Hurston was one of these great minds. She wrote several outstanding plays and novels
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The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ illustrated how black women during the early 1900’s were constantly marginalized and silenced. In this time period black women did not have the same respect as men or white women when they gave their opinions and were often ignored. Black women were also perceived to be less intelligent and ____ by others. Hurston portrayed how black women were marginalized and silenced by others through the protagonists’ relationships with other people
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