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    Analysis of Janie’s Relationships In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ Janie. finds herself. and discovers her. voice through her. marriages with Joe Starks‚ Tea Cake‚ and Logan Killicks. Each of. her relationships. bring her. closer to. her goal. of finding. love. Janie is. a girl. who. lived the. majority of. her life as others thought. she should. as a black. woman. When she was very young‚ her mother abandoned her and. her. Nanny raised. her. Nanny holds. a very. strict moral

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    ABC’s Of African Americans By: Ga’Brey Williams   Arthur Ashe Born: July 10 1943 Place of birth: Richmond‚ Virginia Ashe was the son of Arthur Ashe Sr. and Mattie Cordell Cunningham Ashe. He had one sibling‚ a brother. In March 1950‚ Ashe’s mother died from complications grins pregnancy at the age of 27.Ashe and his brother were raised by their father who had very low income due to the fact that he worked as a part time handyman. Ashe’s father forbid him to play the most common

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    In the early 1900s there was a huge movement of over 6 million African American people from the South to the Northern states‚ this movement was known as the Great Migration. The Great Migration was huge in African American history because it was the setup for key changes in the lives of African American people. Black people had been so use to slavery and were not really finding jobs in the South so they figured that in the North they would have a better chance. Little did they know‚ life in the

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    Tone is the attitude a writer has about a topic. For example‚ a tone might be serious‚ sarcastic‚ respectful‚ or unsympathetic. A writer establishes tone through choice of words and details. Directions: Zora Neale Hurston creates a strong tone when she writes about race in this essay. In the second column of the chart‚ list key word choices and details from the essay that reflect her attitude for each topic. Describe her tone in the third column. Then answer the question that follows. Topic

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    Orange County” Zora Hurston‚ author of How It Feels to Be Colored Me‚ takes readers on a journey through her personal experience on racism and self-identity. The beginning of her life takes place in Florida in the 1920s during segregation. Hurston did not know about race until she moved to Jacksonville where there were not many African Americans. Jacksonville‚ is where she learned she had an identity change and knew she was colored. As one piece of evidence‚ Hurston states‚ “I left Eatonville

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    In this love story written by Zora Neale Hurston‚ we find out that the main character‚ Janie saw her life as a great tree filled with many trials and tribulations. “Their eyes were watching God” was written from a woman’s point of view to tell the story of a woman desperately searching for true love and fulfilment. Janie Crawford grew up with her grandmother who forced her to marry at the age of seventeen to ensure a better life for herself. Logan Killicks was an established potato farmer and he

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    In "The Gilded Six-Bits‚" Zora Neale Hurston uses several of different techniques to characterize Joe and Missy May‚ the main couple through out the story. Hurston uses her own life experiences to characterize Joe and Missy May and their marriage. She also shows their character development through her writing styles and techniques‚ which show reactions and responses between Joe and Missy May to strengthen the development of their relationship. Hurston supports her character development through her

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    religion is an aspect which influences the plot. At that time‚ people had little education‚ but their faith in God is what kept them going. They depended on God to answer their payers. The following quote shows the point in the novel where Hurston took the title of

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    Sofia O.‚ Carmen P.‚ Danny R.‚ Jennifer S.‚ Jose S.‚    1. Zora Neale Hurston  ● Born in 1891 in Alabama‚where she grew up‚ and then moved to Eatonville‚Florida.  ● Zora’s mom died in 1904 when her life hit a rough turning point‚and ended up in New  York City.  ●  Zora received several scholarships to attend many different prestigious universities  during the 1920’s.  ● Zora was a major in anthropology‚ novelist‚ and was a great folklorist. She also  combined them in her literature.  ● Zora created a mule with Hughes in 1930 called ​

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    also deepens their understanding of Clark’s character. He is relieved for reasons that go deeper than simply being happy to see his beloved "kinswoman" enjoy music again. (15 points) 2. Compare and contrast what Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston learn in their autobiographical pieces. Answer: Richard Wright and Zora Neale learn many alternative things in their autobiographical items. Wright wrote his story once he was nineteen‚ and he grew abreast of a plantation‚ therefore it will be inferred

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