Zora Neale Hurston clearly depicts the societal dilemma concerning racial and gender conflict in the South in her short story, "Sweat."" ... The society depicted in "Sweat- is in its most basic elements, very similar to the society in which the author, Zora Neale Hurston grew up in. ... Zora Neale Hurston illustrates this in her portrayal of Delia as a virtuous and saintly woman, and Sykes as an evil and devious character. ... Another example of Zora Neale Hurston's literary influence appears in the conversation between the men at the store in the town. ... Hurston accurately depicts ...

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The author I chose to present to you is James Mercer Langston Hughes; better know as Langston Hughes (American poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, autobiographer, and nonfiction writer). ... While in school he wrote poetry and short stories for the high school literary magazine. ... Du Bois (Sociologist, Civil Rights activist, writer, and editor), Duke Ellington (Big Band Musician, composer, pianist), Bessie Smith (American blues singer and songwriter), Zora Neale Hurston (American short story writer, autobiographer, novelist, and folklorist), and of course Langston Hughes, along w...

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The Roaring Twenties was also known as the Jazz Age and the Era of Wonderful Nonsense due to the many fads, or styles or activities that are popular for short amounts of time, that ran through the nation. ... They wore their hair bobbed, and their dresses short. ... Sinclair Lewis based his stories on how dull and narrow-minded small town Americans were. ... His stories were popular with many young people, flappers included. ... Zora Neale Hurston was not a poet but an African American novelist, traveled around the South in her old car collecting stories, songs, and prayers of black south...

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I start to take a short look at the political and social situation of the blacks in the twenties and of course I look at the most influential writers at this time. ... And this is the way I look at the poems and short stories like Langston Hughes or Zara Neal Hurston wrote. ... And I think the creativity of writing a poem, story or musical comes exactly from this state of mind. ... Most writers spent at least some time in Harlem, others like Langston Hughes or Claude McKay, described the New York ghetto life in their short stories; it simply provided a various number of setting for their stor...

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