It's hard for me to say I was surprised by anything that any one author said. I think many of the writings were just reflections of the personal experiences of the people who wrote them and nothing more. It just reaffirms that many people have different life experiences and that they all handle them in different ways either because of character or their upbringing. I did read the "Conversion of the Jews" and the ending was somewhat surprising with the last sentence which says "And he did, right into the center of the yellow net that glowed in the evening’s edge like an overgrown halo." (Perkins 81) I thought it interesting that the boy went ahead and jumped and even though he asked his Mom not to hit because of God and she agreed that he went ahead and tried to give her a heart attack.
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To think otherwise is absurd. I think the poem, "Song for a Dark Girl" takes advantage of that situation but the poem is not inaccurate but in part II where I discuss Hurston it's obvious to see there are differences from people who are
To think otherwise is absurd. I think the poem, "Song for a Dark Girl" takes advantage of that situation but the poem is not inaccurate but in part II where I discuss Hurston it's obvious to see there are differences from people who are