..."How it Feels to be Colored Me" was written in 1928. Zora, growing up in an all-black town, began to take note of the differences between blacks and whites at about the age of thirteen. The only white people she was exposed to were those passing through her town of Eatonville, Florida, many times going to or coming from Orlando. The primary focus of "How it Feels to be Colored Me" is the relationship and differences between blacks and whites. In the early stages of Zora's life, which are expressed in the beginning of "How it Feels to be Colored Me," black and whites had little difference in her eyes. She didn't even seems to differentiate between the two until her early teens. She says, "I remember the very day I became colored." Before this time, she cites the only difference being that "[white people] rode through town and never lived there." During this part of her work, Zora is showing her childhood view that whites and blacks are no different from one another. This view changes as a result of her being sent to a school in Jacksonville. Now being outside her town of Eatonville, she began to experience what it was like to be colored. "But I am not tragically colored," she says. Zora makes it a point to show how she is not ashamed to be colored. At this point she seems to attack whites who continue to point out that she is the granddaughter of slaves by saying that blacks are moving forward. "The terrible struggle that made me an American out of a potential slave said...
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...it did a few years back, maybe around the time Martin Luther King Jr. was alive and preaching peace and love. In Hurtson's "How It Feels To Be Colored Me", she expresses the idea that "At certain time, I have no race, I am me"(211). Hurston feels that society judges and criticize based on your race and ethnicity. She believes that it is quick to judge someone if they are...
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...1. The function of the first paragraph of “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” in setting the tone of the essay is for Hurston to express her views about being an African American girl in America. Hurston included strong diction in the first paragraph to inform her reader about her opinion of being colored. She also includes humor by using a hyperbole. Hurston says, “... except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother’s side was not an Indian chief.” The author is sort of making fun of her own race and is saying that she is not as special as what other people thought she was. 2. Hurston counters the argument of being colored is a bad thing and that nobody would want to be colored. She says, “But I...
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...Zora Neale Hurston recounts the day she began to feel colored in “How It Feels to Be Colored Me.” Hurston does not recall feeling colored until after her thirteenth birthday because up until then she had lived in an “exclusively … colored town.” (1) Thus, surrounded by individuals coming from a similar culture background Hurston never felt different. However, Hurston began to feel colored once she moved schools to the white Jacksonville. Still though, Hurston does not feel too colored until she is “thrown against a sharp white background.” (3) When Hurston feels the most colored she experiences a sense of loneliness because she has no one of the same background to relate to at her current residence, unlike her previous home. However, sometimes feeling colored does not give her negative feedback, rather it empowers her. For instance, when Hurston visits a jazz club she revels in the music and feels as if her “face is painted red and yellow and her body is painted blue,” because she is “in the jungle and living the jungle way.” (3) After, when she looks around and realizes that her white friends did not experience the music as she did, Hurston is grateful to be colored. Because she has a greater appreciation for the rhythm and colors that her white friends cannot see....
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...How It Feels to Be Colored Me Analysis Paragraph Novelist, Zora Neale Hurston, in her narrative essay, How It Feels to Be Colored Me, describes her childhood struggles with identity. Hurston, as a young girl, was known as “Zora of Eatonville”. Eatonville, a predominantly African American town, was a sort of utopia for Hurston. She did not have to face racial issues until she moved to Jacksonville, where Zora changed the way she viewed both Black and White people. Hurston’s purpose in her essay How It Feels to Be Colored Me is to describe a shift in her views on Blacks, Whites, and herself because of her move to Jacksonville. Hurston adopts a sanguine tone in order to persuade her audience that no matter one’s race, all people are made the same....
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...EN105 25 January 2015 Racism For many years African Americans have been discriminated against, not as individuals, but solely because of the color of their skins. In her essay “How it Feels to Be Colored Me”, Zora Hurston relays to the reader that being discriminated due to your color doesn’t take away from who you are as a person, nor does it change the morals and virtues and pride that you have for yourself. Hurston speaks of her life experiences, and through those experiences she has became to know who she was, which at the beginning made her feel ashamed. The author didn’t realize or have ever been truly exposed to racism until the age of thirteen, when she moved from Eatonville, FL., a predominately black community, to Jacksonville, FL. Until then white people only differed to Zora because they didn’t live in her town. There in Jacksonville Zora experienced racism and discrimination; through all of this Zora never felt bitter towards those that discriminated against her. “But I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow damned up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood.” (Hurston 266). Though slavery was sixty years in the past, Zora understood that slavery was the price that was paid for civilization by her ancestors. Racism is alive and well. The past year many of us were stunned by the cases of racial intimidation and judicial bias, during the Michael Brown and Eric...
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...Part I People may ask what is the relationship between religion and media and often wonder if media is anti-religious or is religion anti-media. I honestly think that a deeper understanding of how religion is mediated is needed. The example that I am using is actually the television show Breaking Amish. Just to give you some background on Amish people in the Christian religion, Amish are members of an Anabaptist Christian denomination, and they are known by the fact that they separate themselves from society. I believe the show Breaking Amish is based off the group that lives in Pennsylvania. The main characters of the show are Abe, Jeremiah, Kate, Rebecca, and Sabrina and the show is directed by Eric Evangelista. The Amish women and girls wear modest dresses made from solid-colored fabric with long sleeves and a full skirt. The dresses are covered with a cape and apron and are fastened with straight pins or snaps. The women never cut their hair and they actually wear it in a bun on the back of their head. In order to signify if they are married they wear a white prayer covering and if they are single they wear black. Let me give you some insight on the Amish men they wear dark-colored suits, straight cut coats without lapels, broadfall trousers, suspenders, solid colored shirts, black socks, and shoes and of course their black or straw broad-brimmed hat. They grow beards after they are married but they do not have mustaches. The show is based on the five young adults...
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...called home; The home of her birth and the home of her marriage which are totally different. Didion’s style is mainly that of storytelling. In her attempt to connect her two lives and show how difficult it was to reconnect to the home of her childhood, Didion takes the reader through a roller coster of rhythms. Note how she omits the use of conjunctions between words or phrases to produce a hurried rhythm, at another instance she over used the conjunction “and” in quick succession making the words feel like they are bouncing off the walls, and quickly returns to standard sentence structure to slow the pace. Didion seems to pay attention to details and dates as she described the content of the cupboard she tried to clean out; a bathing suit she wore when she was seventeen, a letter of rejection, three teacups and the 1954 photograph. Her tone mostly conveyed frustration. Frustration about losing and missing the home of her birth, her family, whose ways she had grown so use to; Frustration about the husband who is very much unlike them, unlike her. Frustration about the decay all around; physical and social. This frustration so real, she even spoke about them in the present tense. Interesting as it was, this essay left me totally exhausted and overwhelmed. How It Feels to Be Colored Me – Zora Neale Hurston What an overwhelming relief and exhilaration. I am glad I read this essay just after reading Didion. What a sharp contrast in style, and diction, and attitude, and tone,...
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...Purpose How do we determine the reaction type and write a balanced equation for chemical reactions? Background Discussion There are many kinds of chemical reactions and several ways of classifying them. One popular and useful method is to classify reactions into five major types. These are: (1) synthesis, (2) decomposition, (3) single replacement, (4) double replacement, and (5) combustion. Most reactions can be put into one of these categories. In a synthesis reaction, two or more substances (elements or compounds) combine to form a more complex substance. A decomposition reaction is exactly the opposite of a synthesis reaction. In a decomposition reaction, a compound breaks down into two or more simpler substances (elements or simpler compounds.) In a single replacement reaction, one element in a compound is replaced by a more active element. In a double replacement reaction, the positive ions of two different ionic compounds can be thought of as “replacing each other.” Most replacement reactions (both single and double) take place in aqueous solutions containing free ions. In a double replacement reaction, one of the products must be removed from the solution as a precipitate, water, or an insoluble gas. A precipitate is a solid that is produced as a result of a chemical reaction in solution. As the precipitate separates from the solution, the solution appears cloudy. In a combustion reaction a substance combines with oxygen, releasing a large amount...
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...Sociology Midterm - Video Analysis 1. Summary: The film I chose for this analysis is The Long Walk Home, directed by Richard Pearce. This film is about Odessa, an African-American maid in the Thompson family’s household in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s. On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks ‘refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake’s order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled.’ Ms. Parks was arrested and there followed the Montgomery Bus Boycott when the entire African-American population refused to ride any of the city buses. Odessa supports the bus boycott and starts walking to work. Miriam Thompson finds herself in the midst of the civil rights revolution when she helps Odessa by picking her up and driving her to work at her home two days per week. When Mr. Thompson stays home sick one day, he finds out about Miriam driving Odessa to work and makes Miriam call Odessa to tell her she will not be picking her up. While Miriam complies the first day, that evening she tells Mr. Thompson she will be running the household as she see fit which includes picking up Odessa. The following day, in addition to picking Odessa up, Miriam signs up to become a driver in the organized carpool system during the boycott. The movie comes to an end with a group of white men mobbing the carpool lot. Although frightened, Odessa, Miriam and the other African-American women there stand up to the men in a peaceful protest by holding...
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...and pull me in, like a moth drawn to flames. As naïve as this might sound, I searched for pieces that had a certain quality that would take my breath away, make me feel as if time had stopped; I guess what I was searching for was something that appealed to my emotions. Even though the museum was filled with many beautiful pieces of art, I only found one piece that stood out and grabbed me in the way that I wanted. With the other two pieces that I chose, I found myself asking why the artists of those pieces would go about doing things in the way that they did. I found myself drawn to the last two pieces, not in an emotional manner, but rather enthralled by an intellectual curiosity. Regardless of the way I was drawn to each piece, I found the analysis of piece to be equally interesting. I will describe, to the best of my abilities, the physical description of each piece, their individual significance, what the pieces conveyed, and my personal reflections on each of the pieces. The artist of the first piece, entitled “Motherhood” (1930-1931), is Roberto Montenegro, a Mexican artist (1885-1968), and it was done through the medium of watercolor on paper. The first thing that is noticeable in the painting are the two figures, one feminine and the other masculine, that are seated with their backs against each other on a blanketed floor within a small enclosed space, perhaps a simple shelter. Both figures are nude and exposed, but the woman has a deep crimson colored throw draped...
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...Comparative Literature Paper Lillian Beller World Literature October 14, 2012 University of Phoenix Comparative Literature Paper Selfishness and revenge are woven through “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner like a fine silk thread, supporting the theme of death in each. In the short story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the cause of death is never obviously revealed but lightly hinted upon Emily as the cause. “The Cask of Amontillado,” a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the cause of death is revealed but no one knew the cause of Fortunato’s disappearance. These stories contain many differences as well as similarities ranging from imagery, symbolism, theme, and tone. The recognizable commonality of the two is the theme of death. Each of these stories portrays death, or murder, as a result of vengeance, revenge and betrayal. “The Cask of Amontillado” deals with the death of Fortunato and “A Rose for Emily” deals with the death of Homer and Emily. William Faulkner never admits that Emily is the cause of Homer’s death but gives the audience clues that suggest Emily was indeed responsible. Emily’s death seemed to be of natural causes (Faulkner, 1931, p 531). Edgar Allan Poe, in “The Cask of Amontillado” tells the audience of Montresor’s plot of revenge and murder of Fortunato. Betrayal and revenge are obvious throughout both stories. In “A Rose for Emily,” Emily first betrayed Homer after he...
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...the House UN-American Activities Committee in light of anti-American messages made by the entertainer and former Rutgers University All-American football superstar Paul Robeson. Smith argues that for symbolical grounds, the federal government reached out to Jackie Robinson so he can assist in getting rid of Paul Robeson from his function as a black leader. Using a relative analysis of both Robinson and Robeson early lives, Author Ronald Smith affirms that they spearheaded change from different paths. Smith illustrates how Jackie Robinson was willing to cooperate with white society for the purpose of positive racial goals and Paul Robeson wanted improvement own his own terms, not necessarily those suggested by white society. Nonetheless, Smith insists both Robinson and Robeson fought for equal rights in their respected ways. In this informative and well written essay, The Paul Robeson-Jackie Robinson Saga and Political Collision, Ronald A. Smith (following his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, he spent 28 years at Penn State teaching sport history and researching intercollegiate athletics) illustrates how a collision arose between Robinson and Robeson, Significantly because of Robinson’s desegregation of baseball under white terms and Robeson’s stand for human rights under free political terms. This essay takes us through a clashing journey of two outstanding and prominent African American men, who shared core values and beliefs of equality from a different ideology and...
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...Destiny J. Green SOC 501 Critical Reaction: Critical Race Theory “Waiting to Exhale…” While delving into the assigned literature for this week, I noticed that it controlled me—my soul sometimes evoked a sense of pride, waves of applause, but most of all, anger. I immediately became aware of the forced sense of solidarity that I am assigned, the voice that always whispers to me when one of “us” appears intelligent: “Yes, these authors made us look like we had some sense! Look how analytical they sounded!” But why on earth do I have to feel like that in this marvelous, post racial society? After reading, I noticed that despite the year tacked on to the assigned readings, the content barely changed. From Dubois (1903) to Wingfield and Feagin (2012), we are still acknowledging the same woes that a society assigns particular groups of people. We are still attempting to come up with dire solutions in hopes that everyone will begin to “get along” with one another. But most of all, because of this…People of color are still waiting to exhale. In this essay, there will be two parts: Firstly, a general analysis of the assigned literature for this week. In this compartment of my paper, I will analyze extracted points from the readings thematically as it directly relates to certain points in the “Critical Race: An Introduction” excerpt. Here, I will also be giving a respectful critique of Dubois’ postulations in the “Souls of Black Folk.” Secondly I will critique Allport’s (1954)...
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...because it is funny, unique, daring, attention-grabbing, and over exaggerated. I was drawn to the vibrant colors, unique illustration, and bold statement. Analysis The image that stood out the most is the bonded tongue with the bright yellow brick surrounding it. This advertisement is very extreme and over the top with sexual innuendos, which is why I believe this advertisement is directed toward a more mature audience, probably between the ages of eighteen and forty years old. Also, this image could be directed toward individuals who lack spice in their lives and are looking for something to fulfill that void. Targeted Need and Story Some of the colors and shapes in the advertisement are bold. They include bright yellow, skin colored tan, and black; all shapes are square and bold surrounding the tongue. Additionally, the language used is mature, and has a sexual tone to it; however, it is merely an innuendo used to draw the audience’s attention to the food item being sold. Overall, the image is exciting and bold, leading the audience to believe that the food is also exciting and bold. This advertisement tells me that although the spice used is extreme, the flavor is amazing. This daring advertisement is selling the need to fulfill a spicy craving because it is enticing a person to try something hot. The seller wants you to feel the burn, but ultimately enjoy the bold flavor. Domino’s Pizza Advertisement Conclusion...
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