... to do also. Walker takes a particular fascination and has an extreme amount of respect for Zora Neale Hurston. Walker identifies with Hurston's knowledge of black heritage and the way she depicted a love story between a black couple who were not in constant fear of whites. Her tone when comparing Hurston's, Their Eyes Where Watching God and Richard Wright's Native Son, is one of some-what disappointment that other critics rank Wright ... schools focused more on a violent black panther than a renowned black writer. The reader picks up on this tone and is disappointed that schools argue t...

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