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Hurston uses a number of extended metaphors in this essay. What extended metaphor does she use in paragraph 3? For what purpose? How does it help to establish the tone of her essay?
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How does Hurston indicate that paragraph five is the end of the introduction to the essay?
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What do you think Hurston moves by the phrase "tragically colored" in line 38? Why is the choice of this adverb significant?
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What does Hurston mean by the metaphor, “The terrible struggle that made me an
American out of a potential slave said, ‘On the line!’ The Reconstruction said, ‘Get set!’
and the generation before said, ‘Go!’”
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Examine the paragraphs in which she discusses when she feels the "most colored" which begin at line 61 and continue through line 91. What language choices does she make in these paragraphs and to what purpose? Consider comparisons she makes, specific word choices, sentence structure, etc.
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Explain the main metaphor in the last paragraph of the essay.
Monday, May 16, 2016
Hurston Essay
Read this essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston and discuss the following questions in your groups.
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