Summary Of How It Feels To Be Colored Me

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The autobiographical short story written by Zora Neale Hurston, “How it Feels to Be Colored Me,” is the discovery that one’s individuality may be influenced but should not be dominated by one’s ethnicity. Hurston became aware of that influence at the age of thirteen, “I remember the day I became colored” (1035). The use of imagery and metaphors in the essay, many saturated in humor, denote her immersion into racial inequality. The essay written during a time of racial discontent surprisingly provides a perspective not burdened by the prevalent racial injustices. This may be due to the author’s cloistered upbringing combined with a defining sense of self-worth. The author illustrates that her perspective does not necessarily align with the prevailing

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