Is Zora Neale Hurston the greatest writers/ anthropologists in the twentieth century? Will Hurston's contributions to the Harlem Renaissance be remembered forever? Many statistics show that Hurston's innovative mind helped her attain these standards, setting her apart from all the other writers. Hurston achieved her goals by writing about the most ordinary things and making them infinitely gorgeous. With the completion of these goals Hurston became the first black American to have collected and published Afro-American folklore. Zora Neale Hurston, was a successful writer whose major notoriety lay in her effects on writing, influence on literature, writers, readers and contributions to the Harlem Renaissance.

Because of Hurston's great effects on writing, she became one of the most influential writes of during the Harlem Renaissance. In 1925, she started her writing career in New York City, during the Harlem Renaissance, with only one dollar and fifty cents. Hurston hit her stride in the mid-1930's producing five books, drama, stories, and essays. Her acknowledge masterpiece Their Eyes were Watching God in 1937. The novel revealed its roots in the black folk of Eatonville, but her writings

Although she was not the only writer to lead the Harlem Renaissance by poetry and writings, her contributions toward it had an enormous effect. Other writers of the Harlem Renaissance criticized her work. Foner states "criticized by her willingness to play the minstrel role for whites, and some criticized her books for being pastoral apolitical"(9). With such as great outcome, Hurston found an audience through the Harlem Renaissance. This African American cultural movement became known as "The new Negro Movement" and later as the Harlem Renaissance. More than a literary movement and more than a social revolt against racism, the Harlem Renaissance exalted the unique culture of African and redefined African American expression. Black Americans were encouraged to celebrate and their heritage and to become "a New Negro", as contributed through Hurston (Foner 20). One of the great factors of contributions to the rise of the Harlem Renaissance was the great migration of black Americans to northern cities, such as New York, where Hurston studied and published in Opportunity and Fire, which became a winning recognition in the Opportunity literary contests (Foner 10). Hurston's contributions on Black Nationalism and the Harlem Renaissance would last for the remainder of the twentieth century and was dynamically linked to several movements. Her collections of folklore also contributed to the Harlem Renaissance because much of them are used as sources for myths and legends of the black culture. Although some of Hurston's collections and work remain previously unpublished her contributions toward American Literature remain with long lasting effects.

Zora Nurston's effects, influence and contributions have persevered on though out the years although she did not live to see her success. Setting and accomplishing goals, to the fullest extent, Hurston showed what it truly was to become a successful writer. She helped writers create their own writings by revolutionizing American Literature, during the Harlem Renaissance, and making it continuous. Hurston also showed how important it to change the features of African American folklore because she had taken notice that is was going to disappear. She taught the world that giving is receiving and making a way for others is making a way for everyone. With the use of effort and willingness, Hurston never gave up in any given situation. Through her effects, influences, and contributions, Hurston has been proven to be one of the most inspirational people of all time. The Harlem Renaissance alone had changed the world. Watson stated, "she has changed literature" (qtd. i

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