Race
The story where a lynched man's body is found.
The Flowers
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Djuna Barnes wrote this story that centers on changing social classes.
A Night Among the Horses
The gender that dominates in a patriarchal society.
The married couple in "A Night Among the Horses"
John and Freda
The character that discriminates against his wife because she has a darker skin tone than him.
Sykes
The scrivener that works best in the morning.
Turkey
Desiree's "obscure origin" refers to what?
Her adoption by the Valmondé family.
The man at the head of Desiree's household.
Armand Aubigny
Divorce
The term for same-race discrimination.
Colorism
The village in New York that was destroyed the same year "Bartleby, the Scrivener" was published.
Seneca Village
The stories that the system of social class was discussed in.
A Night Among the Horses, Sweat, Desiree's Baby.
The character that represents the "matriarchy"
Freda
The system Freda needed change in when she married John.
Social Class
Hurston wrote the dialogue of her story in this linguistic form.
African American Vernacular English (AAVE)
Bartleby's phrase that acts as a form of passive resistance to capitalism.
"I prefer not to"
Delia's job as this keeps her and Sykes in a lower social class.
Washerwoman
Wives were legally considered this in the early 19th and 20th century.
Property
The literary term used to describe the situation when Armand finds out his true heritage.
Irony/Ironic
Dead Letter Office
The place Desiree walks when she leaves L'Abri, that symbolizes her drop in social class.
The plantation's field.
Delia provides for the family.