Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston describes herself at various stages of her still young life: as a young black girl holding impromptu performances for white tourists, as a teenager encountering explicit discrimination for the first time, and…
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The White Neighbor
The abstract figure of the white neighbor stands in for white America as a whole. Hurston uses him to illustrate her unique take on American racial history. She almost pities this figure as she describes…
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Minor Characters
The White Friend
Hurston’s unnamed white friend who accompanies her to a jazz club is a figure much like to the white neighbor. The white friend’s “civilized” and indifferent response to the music contrasts with the vitality of black culture that Hurston experiences.
