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Hurston
Strong Men
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Depicting Vocab
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Where was Hurston raised?
Florida
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What two lines set the theme of Brown's poem?
The first two. The young men keep coming and the strong men keep coming.
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Brown says ”you sang”, what is the significance of this?
To give a moment of power and self- realization to the enslaved men.
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Who are the strong men?
The strong men are the slaves, who do all the work and are poorly treated, yet they are trying to prove that they can be strong, and overcome this.
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What does the word "coffles" mean in the following: "They chained you in coffles, They huddled you spoon-fashion in filthy hatches"
Coffles: A group of slaves that are chained together
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What is the significance behind the bags?
She uses bags to describe people. Each colored bag is a different thing that makes up life.
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What is the significance of the words “they” and “you” in Brown's poem?
Brown uses they and you to separate the good ones from the bad ones. Also the strong and weak.
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What is Hurston saying with this metaphor; “I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife”?
Hurston is demonstrating that she will not accept self - pity and being the victim. She also feels this way because she has not always seen the affects of racism on African Americans until her move.
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When does Zora feel “most colored”?
When she is “thrown against a sharp white background”.
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What does the word "shunting" mean in the following: They tried to guarantee happiness to themselves by shunting dirt and misery to you"
Shunting: Shifting
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When did Hurston first discover that she was colored?
When she moved to Jacksonville
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What are the white men actually doing without even knowing it?
They are making themselves weaker, and the colored men stronger.
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What is Hurston saying with this metaphor; “I was not Zora of Orange County anymore, I was now a little colored girl”?
Hurston interprets her move from Eatonville to Jacksonville as a personal transformation because she was never introduced to racism before this point in life.
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What is Zora saying in this quote? “I feel my race. Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, and overswept, but through it all i remain myself”.
She feels outcast, and discriminated against, however she does not let it define her and she does not change for anyone.
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In the following, what does the word "unwontedly" mean? "They coaxed you, unwontedly soft-voiced... you followed a way"
Unwontedly: Unusually
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How does Hurston refer to “god” in her narrative?
She calls him the great stuffer of bags
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What is the one thing that the white males cannot prohibit the slaves?
That the slaves are the strong men, and they are getting stronger.
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According to Hurston, how does her white male companion respond to the music that has affected her so deeply?
He says “good music they have here."
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What is the significance behind the two lines 33-34? “They gave you the jobs that they were too good for” and “they tried to guarantee happiness to themselves”?
The white males are only looking out for themselves. They gave the slaves the jobs that they thought the slaves deserved and they didn’t. They thought they were helping themselves when really they were helping the slaves.
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What does the word "assegai" mean in the following: I dance wildly in inside myself; I yell within, I whoop; I shake my assegai above my head, I hurl it true to the mark yeeeeoooww!"
Assegai: Spear
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What are Hurston's feelings about her discrimination?
She is surprised that people don't want to be around her.
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What is the connection of the song and the meaning of the poem?
Singing was the way for African American slaves to tell their experiences in slavery and it was also uplifting to encourage the slave men to keep pushing forward.
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What has Hurston taught us in her narrative?
To be yourself, to not be defined as a color.
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In the Terrance Haye video, what is the tone of the voice of the man singing in the background?
You can hear the soulfulness, and the sadness in the man’s voice. The meaning behind the tone in his voice is expressing the lives of African American’s.
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What is a first-water diamond as referred to in Hurston's text?
A first-water diamond is a diamond of the highest quality