YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Token Whites in the Works of Zora Neale Hurston
Essays 31 - 60
feminism, and on the realities of women in general. Some of those statements are presented in her 1926 short story "Sweat" and he...
they move to a town that Joe commences to alter. He opens a store and becomes incredibly prosperous, but insists that Janie never ...
who will stand on her own and no longer stand for physical abuse. Her husband, however, subconsciously knows that he has no pow...
are not representative of nature and he finds refreshment and nourishment in his memories, and now in his seeing nature again. ...
a line stating the mood of the singer repeated three times. The stress and variation is carried by the tune and the whole thing w...
In 9 pages the complexities of Janie Crawford's characterization are examined in this analysis of Their Eyes Are Watching God by Z...
the text of the pamphlet by Sean Wilentz, the chief aim of Walkers Appeal was to inspire American blacks "with a vision of hope an...
her story, she shares that her grandmother, a very strict woman and set in her ways, decides that Janie should be married off to s...
In six pages this essay compares and contrasts these two female authors' depiction of strong women protagonists in their respectiv...
In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these literary works regarding the lasting impressions of the slave experience up...
intelligent. She is made to remain aloof from all people in this relationship. The buzzards at this point could well be related to...
"deplored any joyful tendencies" in her, she was "their Zora" (Hurston). She was a confident young girl and this was a very impo...
observation. The pear tree is a very powerful teacher for Janie. "Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in ...
dialect, plain speaking, and easily conversational (Bloom 95). The subject of local gossips whispers, the thrice-married Janie co...
her and keeps her confined out of jealousy. Things get worse as he begins to physically and emotionally abuse her. She eventual...
are putting their own histories together, and finding out about who they really are. Mamas relationship with her two daugh...
leave him. Finally, Janie shares that when her grandmother passes away she seeks her own freedom and runs away from Logan. Many do...
modest eyes" (Hardy, 2002). As this suggests, Sue was highly conflicted over gender roles from the time she was first aware them. ...
with Sykes tormenting her with a whip that mistakes for a snake. This image carries with it the historical weight of slavery, as...
on charming it much as he believes he has charmed most of the towns women, and confining Delia to the home for years is comparable...
a subtle reminder particularly to African-American women of how far they had come as a race and how much further they needed to go...
her we see this as representative of the Devil, but the Devil will, as Delia suggested, is going to make sure Sykes got what was c...
This essay discusses the influence of Zora Neale Hurston in regards to Alice Walker's perspective on black oral tradition and femi...
This essay pertains to common themes found within "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston and "The Color Purple" and ...
changes in her life have both positive and negative implications. At the onset of the story, Janie is a character who is unable t...
Me" Hurston writes, "I remember the very day I became colored...But I am not tragically colored. Someone is always at my elbow rem...
love and cherish them for who they are. But it does not happen in these stories, nor does it seem to be happening within the moder...
his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of property which has suffered some damage" (Chopin 2). Women - wives, rather -...
overrule her inherent independence as a strong, black woman by telling Phoeby she can "tell em what Ah say if you wants to. Dats ...
a distinctly more female approach, as it openly deals with gender issues and missing womanhood. The author, herself, once remarke...