Paper 1 – 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 […]
Discuss the various ways in which money is important to the story; consider plot, theme, and symbol from the story assigned.
Read “The Gilded Six-Bits,” by Zora Neale Hurston. Questions for Paragraph 2, pick ONE to write your thoughtful reaction. 1.Discuss the various ways in which money is important to the story; consider plot, theme, and symbol. 2.Identify three separate examples of Hurston’s expert and artistic use of African American vernacular (natural speech); for each, explain […]
What is important about the title of the short story, “A Rose for Emily”? What are the multiple meanings for the “rose”? What are the conflicts in “A Rose for Emily”?
Sweat,” by Zora Neale Hurston,Questions About Marriage Why do you think Delia stays with Sykes for 15 years? Do you think Delia is a good wife? Was it easy or hard to get a divorce in the 1920s? Do you think this has something to do with Delia staying with Sykes? Can we find any […]
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.
Select and answer only one of the following questions/prompts: 1. 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 and […]