Blame and Pride in Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston The story centers around a love trio between a self-assured man, a feeble husband, and his deceitful wife. The above-mentioned group is unpredictable, also the first to experience blame, from the bar frequenting townsfolk who do nothing but den at the bar and gossip all day. They notice that resident Lena Kanty walks off with “giant of a tan-skinned man”. Spunk, who is not her husband. The men at the store begin talking about the occurrence, and about Spunk. In the middle of the dialogue Lena’s husband Joe Kanty strides into the store. Joe is far from being like Spunk; he is a fearful, uneasy man that doesn’t defend himself. He knows his wife Lena is having an affair with Spunk, but he is too