Reference no: EM133351503
Assignment:
"Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston
Critical Reading Questions
1. The story takes its title from the character Spunk Banks but spunk also means gumption or courage. Is this an appropriate title? Explain.
2. How does the dialect affect your reading and understanding of the story? Would Hurston have made her characters more credible - in 1925 - and broadened her audience if she had made them speak in so-called Standard English?
3. This intricate story is actually a series of stories or narrations. Identify the individual storyline of each section and explain how they are interrelated.
4. Are the characters in the story fully formed, three dimensional characters or flat stereotypes (racial or gender)?
5. How does the story expose Hurston's longstanding interest in folklore? (Folklore: the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth.)
6. How is the African American community characterized in the story? ls Hurston celebrating 0R criticizing and mocking the men and women she depicts?