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Examples Of Figurative Language In Sweat By Zora Neale Hurson

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Sabrena Thao Permanent is defined as lasting or intent to last or remain unchanged indefinitely. Through the writing of Husrtson it shows that confliction of wanting to change something that is permanent, her race. Hurston shows how she reflects on herself through racial pride and empowerment. On the other hand she establishes an idea that you are not your race and if you leave it behind you can be defined as something more. Through figurative and direct language in her writing you can see Hurston’s reflection and a departure from the Harlem Renaissance. An example of departure comes from figurative language in the essay “How it Feels to Be Colored Me”. The essay states “I feel like a brown bag of miscellany,”(line 15). This sentence shows …show more content…

This departure is shown through the lines, “Delia never looked up from her worn, and her thin, stooped shoulders sagged further,” (line 11). This is seen as a departure because it goes against the belief of the confidence and optimism that is shown through the Harlem Renaissance. In the sentence you can clearly see how Hurston describes the main character as being defeated and not having confidence within herself to stand up to her mistreatment. The direct language reflects on the idea that there is no optimism nor hopefulness for new opportunities and better conditions for the main character Delia. To conclude, this statement in the fictional story shows the departure that Hurston takes from the beliefs of the Harlem Renaissance through the direct language having the main character feel hopeless turning away from the beliefs of the Harlem …show more content…

In the fiction story it states, “She saw him on his hands and knees as soon as she reached the door” (line 108). This statement shows a reflection of the Harlem Renaissance through supporting the ideas of destroying old stereotypes of African Americans along with giving confidence towards the future. In the story the main character is being set free by letting her abusive husband die. This is figurative language of allowing old stereotypes die off. The death of the husband allowed the main character to have a free and bright future which can be a translation on how Hurston will allow the old stereotypes to die off and not hold her back from her bright future, reflecting on the beliefs of the Harlem Renaissance. In final words figurative language helps give ideas on how Hurston is allowing the stereotypes to not define her which leads to a brighter

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In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston shows a life of a young woman that passes through a lot of difficulties due to her black cultural aspect during this time period. This leads into the idea that in the essay it will be discussed about how Neale Hurston reflects and departs from Their Eyes Were Watching God and the Harlem Renaissance in other similar details. First of alI, I’m going to talk about the similarities, topic ideas from the book and the Renaissance. For example, Jody states, “my wife doesnt know nothing about making a simple speech”(page:43) which shows how the mayor aka jody feels about her not being intelligent enough to make a public speech without his approval. This reflects on the idea of how Jody

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Hurston’s metaphors help the reader to understand the great deal of oppression that the handkerchief symbolizes. The author’s metaphors such as “girl was gone”, “woman had taken her place”, and “the glory was there” emphasize that Janie is able to reveal her true beauty in overcoming her struggles. The author implies that by Janie uncovering her hair, she is revealing the constant shadow that has prevented her from her self-examination and in finding her true identity. The author’s metaphors are used to help the reader understand that the moment for an individual to overcome a struggle is profoundly beautiful and

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Zora Neale Hurston reveals inner self versus outward self through different vocal and lyrical diction. Zora Neale Hurston uses dialect to cause familiarity in her novel and described the struggles as an everyday African American faced in their community. The theme of my novel was gender roles and relationships not as a black woman, but as a human being. Even having the desire for love from different men. The connecting themes were that “Black folks” were proud of their culture instead of being oppressed.

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Hurston narrates belief to motivate African American women to conquer and be strong. (49) The story finally tells that Janie found liberty and tranquility in her life. Her experience reflects on promoting women’s

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She thinks that women are the mules of the world, women, just like mules are forced to carry around the men’s possessions, but it it not only the white men who take advantage of the black women, it is also black men who make them carry “de load”. Wright may ignore this blatant example of what Hurston is communicating because he doesn't agree with it or he doesn't like how she portrays men. Like mules, women don’t have any say in where they go, what they carry, and when they get there. Women have to carry the weight of the world on their shoulders, they are there simply to serve men, just like mules they are the lowest of the low. Everyone treats black women as if they are animals.

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Hurston employs cause and effect to illustrate how she “left Eatonville” a “Zora” but once at school and far from home, she became “a little colored girl”. Hurston describes how even when she began to learn of the racial inequities in the US, she kept a positive mindset. She illustrates “there is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes,” utilizing personification to illustrate her genuine happiness. Again contrasting her attitude to the “typical” attitude of many blacks, Hurstron illustrates the “sobbing school of Negrohood '' who blame the hand they have been dealt and just feel sorry for themselves. Nonetheless, Hurston believes there is no use fretting about the past because she is “too busy sharpening (her) oyster knife” to worry about what she cannot control.

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This emphasizes how Janie’s individual identity is a departure from the idea of collective identity promoted by many writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Janie rejects the expectations placed upon her by society and refuses to conform to the traditional roles of women during this period. Another example of how “Their Eyes Were Watching God” departed from the Harlem Renaissance is when Logan challenges Janie’s gender roles by saying “Mah fust wife never bothered me 'bout choppin' no wood nohow. She'd to grab dat ax and sling chips lak uh man. You done been spoilt rotten”(Hurston 25).

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Throughout the text, Hurston infers that she's optimistic about being colored. “How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company”(67)? Hurston writes that she feels discriminated against but also feels how could anyone not want to be in her presence therefor She feels optimistic about the future. Hurston recalls that “Slavery is sixty years in the past” (65).

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Aria Jackson Ms. Lavelle 4/21/23 The Harlem Renaissance was known at the time as the, “New Negro Movement.” From literature to music to art, this period emphasized the struggles and experiences of African-Americans as a whole. The Harlem Renaissance explored themes of economic social prosperity, the importance of community, the power of rebirth, and the value of self-expression, and the role of spirituality. Through the neighborhood gossiping about Janie, to not being able to go to the funeral, to her taking off her head rag, and to reminiscing her flashback to phoebe, Zora Neale Hurston departs from the harlem renaissance value of community and reflects the harlem renaissance value of self expression.

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Rather than being disturbed by another, Hurston demands not to be woken. It would seem, then, that her positioning in western literature, unearthed by Walker, is an effect entirely of the poet's own. Hurston's connections remained undisturbed for years after her increasingly limited participation in the Harlem Renaissance. In one sense, her webs continued to glisten for those like Walker who expected to find them. “Journey's End,” while a cryptic reprisal of the author's own beginning, demonstrates the unfaltering power of meticulous craft.

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Hurston tells the story of Janie, a black woman who because of her grandmother experiences and beliefs was forced to marry into a loveless marriage with Logan Killicks, a hard-working farmer who had 60 acres of land and could provide for Janie. This marriage ended when Janie ran away with Joe Stark, a man that she fell in love with and thought could give her the love absent between her and Logan. But Janie soon realized that her second marriage wouldn’t turn out better than her first. Joe was just as controlling and degrading as Logan. He hardly expressed his love for Janie and spoke to her like an incompetent child.

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Hurston’s autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road marks the popularity of her career as a writer in the Harlem Renaissance. It is an autobiography intertwined with reality, mystery, imagination, creation, humor and wisdom, celebrating Hurston’s struggle from an isolated southern child to a recognized black female writer. It is an autobiography contains a controversial work evoking both recognition and discrete criticism. Starting with the history of Eatonville, the founding of the pure Negro town, Hurston in Dust Tracks locates herself as a carefree black girl in a harmless place immune from threats of the racial segregation, then delineates her life as a wander after her mother’s death. Aside from her journey in life, the alienation of the narrator

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During this rough time period, segregation was common and prohibition was recently introduced. Along with this, many other social and political issues played a role in Hurston's "Sweat." Consequently, a historical background of the early twentieth century would be ideal in order for the reader to better comprehend and appreciate the work thoroughly. In this story, Hurston writes about Delia and Syke's work lives. In the early 1900's, approximately sixty percent of African American woman and about twenty percent of men were employed (Mclaughlin).During this time period, men felt that they were vastly superior over women.

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