Hurston’s Novel about Racism
Words: 1002 Pages: 3 5298Zora Neale Hurston has received mixed reviews in Their Eyes Were Watching God over Hurston’s treatment of the African Americans’ struggle. Her African American male contemporaries saw her book as an oversimplification of racial issues, however, a closer reading of her novel proves otherwise. Hurston writes a powerful, although subtle, portrayal of the desperation imposed not only on her race but as well as her gender. She masterfully represents racial and gender issues without resorting to anger and hostility unlike […]