- All's Well That Ends Well
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With the story’s opening sentences, the home of newlyweds Joe and Missie May Banks is introduced. These two lines not only set the tone for the story—they also encapsulate important elements of Zora Neale Huston’s literary approach. In contrast to some of her contemporaries in the Harlem Renaissance movement, Hurston preferred to lift up themes of cultural pride and everyday thriving as a means of countering injustice. By emphasizing “a Negro settlement,” Hurston embeds the reader in the cultural particularities of Eatonville, with its deep historical roots as an African American town. In addition, she immediately establishes this home as…