Monday, December 17, 2012

Going On A Hurston Hunt

Walker and her friend she talks to over email are great followers of Zora Hurston, and admire her and her work. They soon decide together that they will meet up at and find more facts about their favorite writer. Walker and Charlotte both meet up at the airport and start their quest in finding more about Hurston. On their quest, they begin by questioning Hurston's niece. Following that clue they start to gather up information from Mrs. Moseley that knew Zora and learn where she was buried at, and decide to buy a tombstone for Hurston's grave. They then meet up with Dr. Benton, who was close friends with Zora, just to find more things about Zora like her real cause of death, that she was fat, and her relationships with her neighbors.
Walker comes across the problem of getting people to tell her about Zora Hurston. So she came p with idea to pose as Hurston's niece. The fact that know one really knew Hurston's real niece, was the only reason why she could pull off being Hurston's niece. But as time goes on Walker begins to find her own roots. In the end she ends up thinking that she is one of Hurston's family members, so this experience opened up Walker's eyes to Hurston and her writings, but it also showed Walker more about herself, where she came from, and personally opened her eyes to who she is.

4 comments:

  1. I agree completely! But there was some spell check errors.

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    1. Oh wow I didn't even notice some of the spelling errors, fail.

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  2. very well written, and i agree with you as well but what does she interpret from those clues

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