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    The role of guilt in "Spunk" by Zora Neale Hurston In "Spunk" by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the main character Joe Kanty’s death is the tool used to shape the characters in her story. Following Joe’s murder‚ the characters experience different forms of guilt‚ representing Hurston’s belief that everyone in our world has a conscience. As the characters develop a guilty conscience‚ they realize just that. Bullies‚ cheaters‚ and murderers are all susceptible to the feelings of a guilty conscience as illustrated

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    Feels to Be Colored Me" Zora Neale Hurston recalls her upbringing in an all black town‚ and her move to a mostly white town in the heart of racist Alabama. The author is exposed to racism and through the interaction school of symbolic interaction; she feels above the ignorance of society and negotiates her sense of self as a woman rather than as a colored person. The interaction school describes how the author has an active role in deciding who she is. When colored people Hurston knows are shaping his

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    satisfied through smiles and singing. In Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat‚” Delia Jones hides her frustration about her unfaithful husband‚ Sykes‚ and the hard work she must do with songs and an overall contemptuous tone – even when feeling angry. Hurston highlights that Delia labors as hard as a man by maintaining a well-paying job and being the sole provider of the family; Delia is also given immense emotional strength to kill Sykes with no remorse. Moreover‚ Hurston makes subtle claims about race and segregation

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    Johnson as an anthem for all people. He promotes equality calling on all people without prejudice like Zora Neale Hurston. In her own works‚ she shows similar ideas of equality

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    his generation about interracial marriages and unfamiliar cultures but all future generations as well. And even fiction like “Their Eyes’ Were Watching God” by Zora Neal Hurston or “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ which brought awareness about big social problems. All these distinct types of literature contain different stories and events that impact the reader or audience that is reading it. Not only does it have an internal impact on each individual‚ but an external one that can create

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    During the post-civil war era‚ most “colored people did not know how to be free” (Houston Hartsfield Holloway). The abolishment of slavery was a major event that led blacks to desire fulfillment in life. Zora Neale Hurston demonstrates this through Janie’s life and the people she encounters. Each character provides a different outlook on life and their values are distinct from Janie’s. The novel questions what true happiness is via Janie’s influences and her quest to find love. The character that

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    Race In Zora Neale Hurston ’s‚ "The Conscience of the Court"‚ it is clearly shown that Laura Lee Kimble has at least some awareness of the impact of class and gender in her life. But she does not recognize race and racism as factors that shape her environment and determine her individual identity. For Laura Lee Kimble it is people of color who live racially structured lives. Race is described as body type‚ ancestry‚ cultural differences‚ biological subspecies‚ actual social stratification and the

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    The text is a short story by Zora Neale Hurston describing a little girl filled with joy and is constantly doing things that she wants without letting the color of her skin hold her back from living her childhood days to the fullest. The short story was first published December of 1924 in an issue of Opportunity. The reader would most likely be someone who reads issues published from Opportunity or someone who was looking for articles‚ poems‚ and short stories related to African-American studies

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    Cards A. HurstonZora Neale. "Sweat." The Oxford Book of American Short Stories. Ed. Joyce Carol Oates. Oxford [England: Oxford UP‚ 1992. 352-60. Print. * A1. “Just then something long‚ round‚ limp‚ and black fell upon her shoulders and slithered to the floor beside her. A great terror took hold of her.” (Hurston) Imagery of a snake. Snakes represent evil‚ and Delia is terrified of snakes. * A2. “Two months after the wedding he had given her the first brutal beating” (Hurston) Sykes has

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    "Sweat" Colloquial speech is used by many authors in order to give a sense of realism to their writing. In "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston‚ every character speaks in colloquial speech. This style of writing gives the reader a real sense of the South in a way no other style of writing can. Dialogue is how Hurston gets her point across using colloquial speech in writing her dialogue her dialogue. When Hurston uses colloquial speech in the story‚ she characterizes people who are poor black citizens

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