... her B.A in anthropology from Bernard College. Zora took great pride in her writings. She wrote tales, novels, a stage play, an autobiography and a number of essays. One of Hurston's most well known books is called Mules and men. It is Negro folklore. This book contributes to the knowledge of blacks living in the South. She influenced history by writing ... about how it was to be a "Negro". She helped give insight to those who had no idea of the black culture. Mrs. Hurston passed away poor and barely recognized for her work. As a folklorist and novelist, she has been a great influence on ...

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... through the spoken word. Walker and Marshall celebrate these women's lives and they see them as inspirations to become black women writers. Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat" embodies some aspects that are found in Walker's and Marshall's essays. Delia, the main character, has an identity that is found ... voices of tribal mothers (Kubitschek, 1991: 181). Marshall ultimately identifies with her mother's oral tradition and she records it into the written tradition. Hurston's story embodies some of the aspects of identification that are seen in Walker's and Marshall's works. Delia, the main chara...

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... part of the cultural heritage Walker is trying to revive and inspire others 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's novel higher. Wright and Hurston grew up in similar environments however ...

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The Color Purple Alice Walker was highly influenced by the works of Zora Neale Hurston. Both authors show many similar ideas in their books. One similarity between the two authors was what they based the book on. Zora and Alice wrote their books on black ... women, and the struggles they went through. Alice Walker is following the foot steps of Zora Neale Hurston, when writing The Color Purple. Zora influenced Walker, because Zora wrote about a woman struggling to find love and Walker. There are many similarities between the two authors. In their novels ... found love, Janie with Tea Cake a...

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