Hurston v. Wright
In the very center of Florida, a young girl grew up in a world where blacks were leaders. In the very center of the mean streets of Memphis, a young boy grew up in a world of hardships, desertion, and struggle. This girl and boy would grow up to be two of the most inspiring writers of the Harlem Renaissance: Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright. While Hurston wrote of the African-American experience in Their Eyes Were Watching God as being, at its core, an entirely human experience (regardless of race or sex) yet controlled by a higher power, Wright, in Black Boy, wrote of the African-American experience as he saw it through his own eyes: one of lifelong struggles, having been dealt cards by God and having to play with what you’ve got. These two very distinct and contrasting writing styles are shown in three literary devices of the authors’ magnum opuses: settings, characters, and themes.The setting chosen in both works are significant to the styles of the authors. Hurston chose two setting rich in development of black culture: Eatonville, Florida (the town of h
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Approximate Word count = 724
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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