Zora Neale Hurston Richard Wright Analysis

During the time period that Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright were writing, there was a conflict between African American writers. The conflict was that some of those writers were focused more on creating a “useable past” that disregarded the topic of slavery by using Africa to reclaim the positive image of Africa. As to where the other writers, such as Zora Neale Hurston, was focused on using the past that she was a part of and actually experienced. She was not concerned about creating a “useable past”, she was focusing on allowing the readers to learn about her experiences as an African American. Then, Richard Wright comes along and decides that he is in-between these two types of writers. Richard Wright strongly believed that the masses …show more content…
Hurston wrote for the sake of writing and getting her personal beliefs across. As to where Wright wrote for a greater political good. Their two completely different views in regards to the treatment of race definitely derived from their different upbringings. Hurston was raised in an all-black community in which she never realized that she was “colored”. She was able to have the luxury of growing up in a community where black people were in power and that was not something that occurred in the majority of communities. Hurston was proud the fact that she grew up in an all-black town and that shaped her writing. It shaped the characters that she used, her style, topics and dialect. She was proud of her black heritage and wanted that to be shown through her writings. Her pride translated into her writings by focusing on celebrating black culture rather than actively fighting for equal rights. She was proud of her black heritage and wanted that to be shown through her writings. Her pride translated into her writings by focusing on celebrating black culture rather than actively fighting for equal