Zora Neale Hurston

Most Interesting Character : Analyze one (and only one) of the above short stories with respect to a single character.

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 Most Interesting Character Context |In this assignment cycle, we will have read the following short stories: Junot Diaz, “How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie) (119) Annie Proulx, “Job History” (77) Zora Neale Hurston, “Spunk” (502) Flannery O’Connor, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (356) Task | Analyze one … Read more

Choose two characters from the works on the mandatory reading list and compare and contrast these characters, addressing issues of race, gender, and class as applicable.

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Choose two characters from the works on the mandatory reading list and Compare and contrast these characters, addressing issues of race, gender, and class as applicable. Explore how these characters embody what it means to be an American. Support your explanation with examples from the text. Reading List Colonial & Early National Period – James … Read more

The Harlem Renaissance Presentation: compose a five to seven sentences that accurately summarize the events in the literary work. events should be in chronological order.

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The Harlem Renaissance Presentation Instructions: After reading and viewing the videos for the following stories: Zora Neale Hurston – “The Gilded Six-Bits”, Langston Hughes – “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and “I,Too”, and Jean Toomer – from “Cane”, you will create a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes each work in a few concise statements, offers a … Read more

. In Zora Neale Hurston’s short story titled “Sweat,” would you agree with the statement that “Bertha and the Rattlesnake are symbolically one and the same? Explain.

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(Modern American Literature from 1865 to Present Due: May 5, 2021 Compare and contrast the characters of Delia Jones and Sykes Jones in Zora Neale Hurston’s short story titled “Sweat.” Would you agree with the following statement: “Zora Neale Hurston could just as aptly have titled her story ‘Sweat’ as ‘The Husband from Hell’”? Discuss … Read more