Question

Which two sentences in the excerpt best demonstrate Zora Neale Hurston’s opinion that it is necessary to publish stories about average African Americans as well as those who are considered extraordinary?

Answer 1

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The sentences in the excerpt that best demonstrate Zora Neale Hurston’s opinion that is necessary to publish stories about African Americans as well as those who are considered extraordinary are:  

“The realistic story around an African American insurance official, dentist, general practitioner, undertaker, would be most revealing”.

“The realization that African Americans are not better nor worse, and at times just as bonny as everybody else, will hardly kill the population of a nation.”

Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), was an important American writer in the times of the Harlem Renaissance. In her extensive work, he tried to share the African American heritage in the South and share it with society.  

Through her many books, she considered necessary to publish stories about African Americans as well as those who are considered extraordinary. His style can be noted in books such as “Jonah’s Gourd Vine”, “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, “Tell My Horse”, and “Moses, Man in the Mountain”.