{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26628083","dateCreated":"1283475851","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"jsutton26","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsutton26","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961183\/jsutton26-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26628083"},"dateDigested":1531973997,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Hey baby boo what you wanna do?","description":"During history the white ethnicity has been very racial in their decisions. In the short story How it feels to be Colored shows how this little colored girl doesn\u2019t really care about her ethnicity. Her name, Zora Neal Hurston. Zora is a selfish girl which that believes everything is made for her commodity. \u201cslavery is the price I paid for civilization, and the choice was not with me.\u201d (pg.983). Here Zora explains that how parents will parents will want the best for their children, Zora\u2019s ancestors past through slavery so she would live better. This quote demonstrates how very self-centered Zora is. In the story Zora explains to the reader how she is unique, that out of all the negro people in America she is the only one with both negro and Indian descendants. \u201cI am the only Negro in America whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side is not an Indian chief.\u201d (pa 982). In this quote she tells the reader that even though she is judged by the color of her skin she isn\u2019t 100% black. Zora, for being a black girl in those times with only thirteen years old, she is very brave. She demonstrates this in many ways but the one that most caught my attention was that in her old town of Eatonville she took rides with white people, and she stared at them from her porch being taller, standing superior to them. She waved at the white people that passed through her house and sang to them. \u201cI follow those heathen-follow them exultingly. I dance wildly inside myself; I yell within, I whoop; I shake assegai above my head, I hurl it true to the mark yeeeeooww! I am in the jungle and living in the jungle way.\u201d (984), To Zora everybody is equal no matter what your skin color might be, she will get in a car with white people and express herself the way she wants to without being discriminated because of her ethnicity.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26652791","body":"OK Jonathan,
\n
\n1)You write, "During history the white ethnicity has been very racial in their decisions." Firstly, do you mean racist? And secondly, could you give some evidence to support this?
\n2) Do you really think that Hurston doesn't care about her ethnicity? I'm not sure I can agree with that and I would like you to try to argue you case with evidence from the text.
\n3) What do you mean by 'commodity'?
\n4) I am not sure what this means..."Here Zora explains that how parents will parents will want the best for their children..."
\n5) I would like you to go back and re-read what you wrote here carefully- "In the story Zora explains to the reader how she is unique, that out of all the negro people in America she is the only one with both negro and Indian descendants. \u201cI am the only Negro in America whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side is not an Indian chief.\u201d (pa 982). In this quote she tells the reader that even though she is judged by the color of her skin she isn\u2019t 100% black." Does this make sense?
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283536961","smartDate":"Sep 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26618009","dateCreated":"1283460937","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"nikki-wiki","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/nikki-wiki","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26618009"},"dateDigested":1531973997,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"How it feels to be colored me:)","description":"The narrator in "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" is a very selfish person. She does not care what other people think of her, she especially did not care what white people thought. Her objective was to show all the other black people that she did not care what they thought of her. She didn't even notice she was black until she arrived at her new school that was full of white people, she explains this to us but at she is also telling us that she is not ashamed to be black "I was not Zora of Orange County any more, I was now a little coloted girl. I found it out in certain ways. In my heart as well as in the mirror, I became a fast brown- warranted not to rub nor run." (page 983) Zora wants the reader to know how she does not feel discriminated or bad about being black, she is proud of the color she is and she does not care what white people say. She is trying to prove the point that black people are not different than white. She clearly shows this when she tells us about her, sitting on the porch talking and waving at the white people as they rode by. "I usually spoke to them in passing. I'd wave at them and when they returned my salute I would say something like this: 'Howdy-do-well-I-thank-you-where-you-goin'? Usually automobiles and horses would pause at this..." (page 983) She clearly shows in this passage how she doesn't care what her family says about her talking to the white people. She is a very stubborn and independent girl. What Zora wants the reader to know is that she is a normal person, she doesnt care if she is black, she wants to be just like the white people so she stands up for what she believes in and for what she wants. Zora is speaking to someone, she is telling the story of her past, maybe a friend or a child.
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\nZora is a role model who which many negro people should admire. Her personality is very admirable; her motto: \u201c Don\u2019t let white people use the force of discrimination to drag you down to your knees. White people tend to be very discriminative when it comes to stereotypes and colors. In the first paragraph, Zora\u2019s personality gets introduced with a little bit of sarcasm. \u201c The fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side was not an Indian chief\u201d (page 982). Zora is using this words in order to make her self stand up to people, showing in other words \u201ccojones\u201d. She also says \u201c I remember the very day that I became colored\u201d, this makes the reader think. It makes a reader think because, how does a black person \u201cbecome\u201d colored. Zora is trying to make the reader understand that once she changed schools, she started being discriminated by people in general. \u201c I was not Zora of Orange County any more, I was now a little colored girl\u201d (page 983). In the second page, we as reader also interpret that Zora is a very strong girl. Her objective in my opinion is to make readers understand the type of situation she is living in. Once we understand her situation, Zora wants us to be happy and don\u2019t let people who discriminate you or even bullies you, take you to the ground. This means that we should be happy and not let people make us feel as if were less of a person as they are. In my opinion, I believe Zora is talking to people who are generally feel bullied, discriminated, or just sad in a way. Zora acts in a way where reader such as you or me, can relate to her in order to rise up as she did. Even so, Zora did have difficult times and she expresses them \u201c Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves\u201d (page 983). This passage shows the pain Zora but as I said before, she stand up. \u201cAt certain times I have no race, I am me\u201d (page 984). With this passage, it makes the readers admire her. This story is very admirable and in my opinion a great way to overcome discrimination, isn\u2019t it?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26652295","body":"Nicole,
\n
\nI think it is great that you started your paper declaring that Hurston is a very 'selfish' person. Unfortunately, you didn't really seem to follow through on that... You didn't really provide any examples or quotes, which is too bad because I think that could have made this a very interesting paper.
\nThen you proceed to tell us that, "Zora is a role model who which many negro people should admire." This seems to contradict, completely, the beginning of your response.
\nI also want you to go back and re-read the my suggestions for writing papers- it is on Edline- and you might see that it is best to leave out the 1st person (I, me, mine) when writing literary analysis.
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283536226","smartDate":"Sep 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26586995","dateCreated":"1283394100","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ereiche","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ereiche","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1226183145\/ereiche-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26586995"},"dateDigested":1531973997,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Erik Reiche response","description":"In How It Feels To Be Colored Me, Zora\u2019s actions revel that she is a admirable girl that is not ashamed of being African American, but is still aware of her ancestors and the hard time they had. Zora opens the story by saying, \u201cI am the only Negro in America whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side is not an Indian chief.\u201d (pa 982)
\nEven though this is clearly sarcasm, Zora demonstrates some pride in being completely black, with absolutely no Indian ancestry. Zora also demonstrates some self-adulation when she sits at the front porch and watches and talks to the white, northern tourists that pass by. \u201cnot only I enjoyed the show, but I didn\u2019t mind the actors knowing that I liked it.\u201d (Pg983). Even though Zora knows she is black, her actions demonstrate that she does not feel intimidated by the white tourist, but is rather glad that they see her.
\n As a very humble action, Zora discloses that she is aware of the hard time her ancestors had. \u201cslavery is the price I paid for civilization, and the choice was not with me.\u201d (pg.983) even though she didn\u2019t ask for it, Zora is very grateful for the had times her ancestors had to struggle to in order to be free of slavery.
\n Zora has a very admirable way of approaching life. \u201cthe game of keeping what one has is never so exciting than the game of getting.\u201d Zora inspirational point of view expresses that the happiness and the satisfaction that is caused by and achievement you conquered is much greater than the happiness you get by taking care of something that one was given to.
\n In How It Feels To Be Colored Me , Zora\u2019s pride, actions, and inspirational approaches when combined together, create a unique, admirable story.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26614351","body":"Erik,
\n
\n
\nWhat is wrong with the following:
\n
\n1)"...revel that she is a admirable girl that is not ashamed..."
\n
\nAlso, don't forget that you must capitalize the first letter of the first word at the beginning of every sentence, even if it is in quotations.
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283455545","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26628471","body":"In How It Feels To Be Colored Me, Zora\u2019s actions reveal that she is an admirable girl who is not ashamed of being African American, but is still aware of her ancestors and the hard time they had. Zora opens the story by saying, \u201cI am the only Negro in America whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side is not an Indian chief.\u201d (pa 982)
\nEven though this is clearly sarcasm, Zora demonstrates some pride in being completely black, with absolutely no Indian ancestry. Zora also demonstrates some self-adulation when she sits at the front porch and watches and talks to the white, northern tourists that pass by. \u201cNot only I enjoyed the show, but I didn\u2019t mind the actors knowing that I liked it.\u201d (Pg983). Even though Zora knows she is black, her actions demonstrate that she does not feel intimidated by the white tourist, but is rather glad that they see her.
\n As a very humble action, Zora discloses that she is aware of the hard time her ancestors had. \u201cSlavery is the price I paid for civilization, and the choice was not with me.\u201d (pg.983) even though she didn\u2019t ask for it, Zora is very grateful for the had times her ancestors had to struggle to in order to be free of slavery.
\n Zora has a very admirable way of approaching life. \u201cThe game of keeping what one has is never so exciting than the game of getting.\u201d Zora inspirational point of view expresses that the happiness and the satisfaction that is caused by and achievement you conquered is much greater than the happiness you get by taking care of something that one was given to.
\n In How It Feels To Be Colored Me , Zora\u2019s pride, actions, and inspirational approaches when combined together, create a unique, admirable story.","dateCreated":"1283476292","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"ereiche","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ereiche","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1226183145\/ereiche-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26652557","body":"Thanks Erik,
\n
\nOne thing: when we write about people we use 'who', not 'that'. For example, "Erik is a boy who is very funny", not "Erik is a boy that is very funny."
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283536575","smartDate":"Sep 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26582683","dateCreated":"1283387422","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"cfgonzalez94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cfgonzalez94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26582683"},"dateDigested":1531973997,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"How It Feels Response Carlos Gonzalez ","description":"
\n
\n Zora is a role model who which many negro people should admire. Her personality is very admirable; her motto: \u201c Don\u2019t let white people use the force of discrimination to drag you down to your knees. White people tend to be very discriminative when it comes to stereotypes and colors. In the first paragraph, Zora\u2019s personality gets introduced with a little bit of sarcasm. \u201c The fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side was not an Indian chief\u201d (page 982). Zora is using this words in order to make her self stand up to people, showing in other words \u201ccojones\u201d. She also says \u201c I remember the very day that I became colored\u201d, this makes the reader think. It makes a reader think because, how does a black person \u201cbecome\u201d colored. Zora is trying to make the reader understand that once she changed schools, she started being discriminated by people in general. \u201c I was not Zora of Orange County any more, I was now a little colored girl\u201d (page 983). In the second page, we as reader also interpret that Zora is a very strong girl. Her objective in my opinion is to make readers understand the type of situation she is living in. Once we understand her situation, Zora wants us to be happy and don\u2019t let people who discriminate you or even bullies you, take you to the ground. This means that we should be happy and not let people make us feel as if were less of a person as they are. In my opinion, I believe Zora is talking to people who are generally feel bullied, discriminated, or just sad in a way. Zora acts in a way where reader such as you or me, can relate to her in order to rise up as she did. Even so, Zora did have difficult times and she expresses them \u201c Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves\u201d (page 983). This passage shows the pain Zora but as I said before, she stand up. \u201cAt certain times I have no race, I am me\u201d (page 984). With this passage, it makes the readers admire her. This story is very admirable and in my opinion a great way to overcome discrimination, isn\u2019t it?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26614203","body":"Carlos,
\n
\nGood but...
\n
\n1) A difficult sentence: "Zora is a role model who which many negro people should admire."
\n2) "Zora is using this words..."
\n3) "to make her self..."
\n4) Run-on sentence: "She also says \u201c I remember the very day that I became colored\u201d, this makes the reader think."
\n5) Remember, no personal 1st-person pronouns: "Her objective in my opinion..."
\n6) "Zora wants us to be happy and don\u2019t let people..."
\n7) "not let people make us feel as if were less of a person as they are..."
\n8) "Zora acts in a way where reader such as you or me..."
\n
\nMost importantly, though Carlos, you say at the beginning, "White people tend to be very discriminative when it comes to stereotypes and colors..." OK, that is a fine topic to write about, but I don't really see you pursuing the topic anywhere else in the paper. Is that really what you think her 'motto' actually is?
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283455350","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26634415","body":"In my opinion, Zora should be seen as a role model. Her personality is very admirable; her motto: \u201c Be yourself, it doesn\u2019t really matter if you are different from others\u201d. People like Zora, sometimes feels out of place because of the creation of stereotypes. In the first paragraph, Zora\u2019s personality gets introduced with a little bit of sarcasm. \u201c The fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side was not an Indian chief\u201d (page 982). Zora is using these words in order to make herself stand up to people, showing in other words \u201ccojones\u201d. She also says \u201c I remember the very day that I became colored\u201d. This makes the reader think because how does a black person \u201cbecome\u201d colored. Zora is trying to make the reader understand that once she changed schools, she started being discriminated by people in general. \u201c I was not Zora of Orange County any more, I was now a little colored girl\u201d (page 983). In the second page, we as reader also interpret that Zora is a very strong girl. Her objective is to make readers understand the type of situation she is living in. Once we understand her situation, Zora wants us to be happy with our selfs. She doesn\u2019t want people who discriminate you, take you to the ground. This means that we should be happy and not let people make us feel as if are a minority. Zora is talking to people who are generally feel bullied, discriminated, or just sad in a way. Zora acts were we as reader can relate to her in order for us to understand her situation. Even so, Zora did have difficult times and she expresses them \u201c Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves\u201d (page 983). This passage shows the pain Zora but as I said before, she stand up. \u201cAt certain times I have no race, I am me\u201d (page 984). With this passage, it makes the readers admire her. This story is very admirable and in my opinion a great way to overcome discrimination, isn\u2019t it?","dateCreated":"1283487707","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"cfgonzalez94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cfgonzalez94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26652499","body":"carlos,
\n
\nThanks for fixing this, but don't trade one mistake for another. Remember, it is best to leave out the 1st person singular (I, me, mine, my). You began the essay with this...
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283536469","smartDate":"Sep 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26581865","dateCreated":"1283386174","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"AmandaTrejos","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/AmandaTrejos","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26581865"},"dateDigested":1531973998,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"amanda trejos","description":"Eng E How it feels to be colored me! Amanda Trejos
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\n In the story How it feels to be colored me, the author Zora Neale Hurston tells us a tale of a young black girl. The narrator is telling us that everybody is equal and that there is no difference between being black or white. Zora is a thirteen-year-old girl that tells us her feelings and issues meanwhile living in a white society. Zora is a happy and joyful girl that lives in Eatonville and loves to grab the attention and talk to people. She sits in the gate-post and gestures mostly to the a small amount of white\u2019s that pass by her. For Zora, \u201cwhite people differed form colored to me in that they rode through town and never lived there\u201d (pg 983). Being black was no different from being white; from what she had seen, whites were treated the same way as blacks were. Her life changed the day she had to move to Jacksonville. \u201cI remember the very day that I became colored\u201d (pg 982). The day Zora got out of the boat and arrived at Jacksonville, something had changed in her, something inside her didn\u2019t feel right, \u201cshe was no more. It seemed that I had suffered a sea change\u201d (pg 983). Zora had never felt like this before. She had never felt distinctive until the day it was pointed out for her. Even though she is set in a totally different atmosphere than what she is used to, she does not loose her faith and her strength. \u201cEven in the helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I had seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world-I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife\u201d (pg 983). Zora is a strong girl that understands that she is black, that she can\u2019t change the fact that she is, and that it would be absurd to whimper or even feel miserable. She has better things to do like sharpening her oyster knife and getting wisdom out of it. For Zora one is not different form another and everyone has the chance to have the same opportunities as everyone else.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26613631","body":"Thanks Amanda,
\n
\nA couple of things:
\n
\n1) There are two issues with this sentence; can you identify them? "Zora is a thirteen-year-old girl that tells us her feelings and issues meanwhile living in a white society...."
\n2) "Zora is a strong girl that understands that she is black," Can you see any problems here?
\n3) Does she really sit IN the gate post?
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283454724","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26642321","body":"Eng E How it feels to be colored me! Amanda Trejos
\n
\n In the story How it feels to be colored me, the author Zora Neale Hurston tells us a tale of a young black girl. The narrator is telling us that everybody is equal and that there is no difference between being black or white. Zora is a thirteen-year-old girl that tells us her feelings meanwhile she discovers how different it is to live in a society so distinct as from what she is used to. Zora is a happy and joyful girl that lives in Eatonville and loves to grab the attention and talk to people. She sits on the gate-post and gestures mostly to the a small amount of white\u2019s that pass by her. For Zora, \u201cwhite people differed form colored to me in that they rode through town and never lived there\u201d (pg 983). Being black was no different from being white; from what she had seen, whites were treated the same way as blacks were. Her life changed the day she had to move to Jacksonville. \u201cI remember the very day that I became colored\u201d (pg 982). The day Zora got out of the boat and arrived at Jacksonville, something had changed in her, something inside her didn\u2019t feel right, \u201cshe was no more. It seemed that I had suffered a sea change\u201d (pg 983). Zora had never felt like this before. She had never felt distinctive until the day it was pointed out for her. Even though she is set in a totally different atmosphere than what she is used to, she does not loose her faith and her strength. \u201cEven in the helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I had seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world-I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife\u201d (pg 983). Zora understands that she is black, that she can\u2019t change the fact that she is, and that it would be absurd to whimper or even feel miserable. She has better things to do like sharpening her oyster knife and getting wisdom out of it. For Zora one is not different form another and everyone has the chance to have the same opportunities as everyone else.","dateCreated":"1283521940","smartDate":"Sep 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"AmandaTrejos","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/AmandaTrejos","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26652435","body":"OK Amanda,
\n
\nWhen we speak of people we use the word "who", not "that". For instance, "Amanda Trejos is a girl WHO writes very well," not Amanda Trejos is a girl THAT writes very well."
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283536359","smartDate":"Sep 3, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26575865","dateCreated":"1283377219","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"hansel.andrew","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hansel.andrew","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26575865"},"dateDigested":1531973998,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"will Andrew response 2","description":"The objective of the narrator in \u201cHow It Feels to Be Colored Me\u201d explains how it feels to be inside of her head in different situations. She describes how it felt to grow up not feeling colored because she was with everyone that was colored then she went to school and realized how \u201ccolored she was\u201d she felt out of place but she was proud of her skin tone. Later, she describes feeling very different than her white friend in the jazz caf\u00e9 as she \u201clived the music and he listened to it only. They experienced different things. Her point is that we all experience different things depending on who and where we are.
\nThis being true, in the end her goal is to make the readers realize that everyone is the same no matter what the outside of them looks like. People are all essentially the same. At the end she talks about the bags and what the bags signify. To her, the colors of the bags signify your skin color. The \u201cstuff\u201d in the bags is random and signifies that no matter what you have inside of you, it\u2019s all considered \u201cstuff\u201d and that we\u2019re all basically the same. She even said that we could dump out everyone\u2019s stuff mix it up and put it back into the bags and it wouldn\u2019t matter.
\nZora is mainly speaking out to racist people because the message that she is sending is that whatever they say or think about black people can be rebutted because no matter what people look like on the outside and the experiences that they\u2019ve had in their lives does not make them all that different than white people because everyone is filled with the same \u201cstuff\u201d on the inside regardless of the \u201ccolor of their bag.\u201d","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26577591","body":"Will,
\n
\nThanks but a couple of things...
\n
\n-this sentence is very choppy and over-loaded: "She describes how it felt to grow up not feeling colored because she was with everyone that was colored then she went to school and realized how \u201ccolored she was\u201d she felt out of place but she was proud of her skin tone." Can you fix it up a bit?
\n-How do know what the 'objective' of the narrator is? What evidence can you offer that tells me that you know?
\n
\nThanks,
\n
\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283379334","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26579683","body":"The objective of the narrator in \u201cHow It Feels to Be Colored Me\u201d explains how it feels to be inside of her head in different situations. She describes how it felt to grow up not feeling colored. She felt this way because she was with everyone who was colored. Then she went to school and realized how \u201ccolored she was.\u201d She felt out of place in this new environment but she was proud of her skin tone. Later, she describes feeling very different than her white friend in the jazz caf\u00e9 as she \u201clived the music and he listened to it only. They experienced different things. Her point is that we all experience different things depending on who and where we are.
\nThis being true, in the end her objective is to make the readers realize that everyone is the same no matter what the outside of them looks like. People are all essentially the same. She reaches this objective by talking about the bags and what the bags signify. To her, the colors of the bags signify your skin color. The \u201cstuff\u201d in the bags is random and signifies that no matter what you have inside of you, it\u2019s all considered \u201cstuff\u201d and that we\u2019re all basically the same. She even said that we could dump out everyone\u2019s stuff mix it up and put it back into the bags and it wouldn\u2019t matter.
\nZora is mainly speaking out to racist people because the message that she is sending is that whatever they say or think about black people can be rebutted because no matter what people look like on the outside and the experiences that they\u2019ve had in their lives does not make them all that different than white people because everyone is filled with the same \u201cstuff\u201d on the inside regardless of the \u201ccolor of their bag.\u201d","dateCreated":"1283382341","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"hansel.andrew","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hansel.andrew","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26613325","body":"Really good William,
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\nI am happy that you fixed up the grammatical confusion, but so much happier that you spent time offering evidence to support your ideas regarding the narrator.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283454431","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26546913","dateCreated":"1283304667","smartDate":"Aug 31, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mekster","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mekster","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961126\/mekster-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26546913"},"dateDigested":1531973999,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"respnse to how it feels to be colored me","description":"Zora being a \u201ccolored\u201d girl is afraid or limited by racial stereotypes or prejudice. She captures the reader by emphasizing her childhood experiences and reflecting upon all she can become. We can sense courage and boldness from part of the narrator. The narrator is very eloquent and expressive, being capable of describing a simple event in a beautiful way. For instance, as she attends a concert, Zora feels a force within her that ignites passion and heat. \u201cI follow those heathen-follow them exultingly. I dance wildly inside myself; I yell within, I whoop; I shake assegai above my head, I hurl it true to the mark yeeeeooww! I am in the jungle and living in the jungle way.\u201d (984) The narrator has no problem about dealing with her past, and even though she may be colored she is not ashamed of it. \u201cThere is no great sorrow damned up in my soul nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all (983).\u201d Zora wants to portray a feeling of security and confidence because even though she is going away to school in Jacksonville and is surrounded by a completely different environment in which colored people are nothing more than colored people, she has not lost her aspirations. \u201c I have seen that the world is to the strong regardless to a little pigmentation more or less. (983)\u201d Zora is implying that your reach exceeds your grasp. There is no reason why one must feel ashamed of one\u2019s ethnicity or background for all you need is your will. Zora is fueled by the passion that her culture holds \u201cMy face is painted red and yellow and my body is painted blue. My pulse is throbbing like a war drum. (984)\u201d Zora however is not defined by her race, even though it is a great part of her. Sometimes she is all there is. \u201cAt certain times I have no race, I am I. (984)\u201d For Zora being colored holds greater depth and meaning than being pale as she says herself. In the end, to Zora we are all just the same, everyone has the same opportunities as anyone else for \u201cso much like the jungle in the backs could they be emptied, that all might be dumped in a single heap and the bags refilled without altering the contents of any greatly. A bit of colored glass more or less would not matter. (985)\u201d To Zora we are all just mingled in brown bags. Whites with colored people, posing no difference between one another.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26575767","body":"Really well-done, Jaime,
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283377052","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26545121","dateCreated":"1283301776","smartDate":"Aug 31, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"arifishman95","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/arifishman95","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26545121"},"dateDigested":1531973999,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"How It Feels to Be Colored Me - Ari Fishman","description":"In How It Feels to Be Colored Me, the author, Zora Neale Hurston, uses the story of her young life, to illustrate that all human beings are equal, and that they shouldn\u2019t let other people think otherwise. At that time, sixty years after slavery, racism and discrimination still followed black people. For instance, in her old town in Eatonville when white people passed through \u201cThey were peered at cautiously from behind the curtains\u2026\u201d(pg. 982) In this short-story, Zora tells how when she is thirteen years old, realizes her different color of skin and how she doesn\u2019t matter. Also, in an indirect way she explains that high levels of confidence and self-esteem are the best way to overcome these obstacles. For example, \u201cI feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company?\u201d (pg.985). In this quote, it can be perceived that is better to see the positive part rather than the negative, and in this case, it can only be achieved with high degrees of confidence. Furthermore, when she says \u201c\u2026 I have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world- I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.\u201d (pg. 983) This citation explains how Zora doesn\u2019t mind about her color, and doesn\u2019t care about her past. She thinks that it doesn\u2019t matter whether the past is dark or nice, she has to live the present, and she won\u2019t waste time complaining about what went before. In addition, when Zora says, \u201cNo one on earth ever had a greater chance for glory. The world to be won, and nothing to be lost.\u201d (pg. 983) it is demonstrated that she considers that after slavery, nothing ever could get worse, and since the black community was rising again, they had a major opportunity of succeeding, confronting the world without losing much. Lastly, I think the author is trying to send this message to everybody, not necessarily to a specific reader.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26575659","body":"Great Ari,
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\nThis is a problematic sentence though... "In this short-story, Zora tells how when she is thirteen years old, realizes her different color of skin and how she doesn\u2019t matter." Can you fix it?
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\nAlso, why do you think that she is writing to everybody and not a specific person?
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283376888","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26578671","body":"In How It Feels to Be Colored Me, the author, Zora Neale Hurston, uses the story of her young life, to illustrate that all human beings are equal, and that they shouldn\u2019t let other people think otherwise. At that time, sixty years after slavery, racism and discrimination still followed black people. For instance, in her old town in Eatonville when white people passed through \u201cThey were peered at cautiously from behind the curtains\u2026\u201d(pg. 982) In this short-story, Zora tells how when she is thirteen years old, finds out her different color of skin and a way to overcome it. Also, in an indirect way she explains that high levels of confidence and self-esteem are the best way to overcome these obstacles. For example, \u201cI feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company?\u201d (pg.985). In this quote, it can be perceived that is better to see the positive part rather than the negative, and in this case, it can only be achieved with high degrees of confidence. Furthermore, when she says \u201c\u2026 I have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world- I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.\u201d (pg. 983) This citation explains how Zora doesn\u2019t mind about her color, and doesn\u2019t care about her past. She thinks that it doesn\u2019t matter whether the past is dark or nice, she has to live the present, and she won\u2019t waste time complaining about what went before. In addition, when Zora says, \u201cNo one on earth ever had a greater chance for glory. The world to be won, and nothing to be lost.\u201d (pg. 983) it is demonstrated that she considers that after slavery, nothing ever could get worse, and since the black community was rising again, they had a major opportunity of succeeding, confronting the world without losing much. Lastly, I think the author is trying to send this message to everybody, not necessarily to a specific reader. The moral the story has, is essential to everybody\u00b4s lives and consequently it shouldn\u2019t be directed to a specific person.","dateCreated":"1283380598","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"arifishman95","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/arifishman95","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26613755","body":"Great Ari,
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\nThanks for improving this.
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\nBest,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283454840","smartDate":"Sep 2, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"26471251","dateCreated":"1283127989","smartDate":"Aug 29, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"melafavini","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/melafavini","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/26471251"},"dateDigested":1531973999,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"melanie favini response","description":" How It Feels to Be Colored Me is an essay about a woman, which describes and analyzes herself. The narrator of this story is the author, Zora Neale Hurston, which expresses her past moments and feelings. From her quote, \u201ceverybody\u2019s Zora\u201d (p.983), we can recognize she is speaking about herself. Zora also expresses her individuality through the sentence \u201cI am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side was not and Indian chief\u201d (p.982). We notice her meaning when she says the word \u201conly\u201d that she is trying to individualize herself from all the other blacks in America. Zora starts out her story by exploring the discovery of her identity and self -pride. She talks about her life living in Eatonville where she there describes her memories of singing and dancing on the streets and greeting neighbors. She later shares her next steps on moving to Jacksonville and how everything has changed, \u201cI was not Zora of Orange County anymore, I was now a little colored girl\u201d (p.983). In this short anecdote, the main focus is the relationship between blacks and whites and how Zora doesn\u2019t notice what being black means until she moves to Jacksonville. Zora shows her pride in being colored by her statement \u201cBut I am not tragically colored\u201d (p.983) even though she shares that there is always someone out there reminding her she is the granddaughter of slaves. Personally, I think the narrator wants to let the reader know her feelings, we can see this from the title. She is sharing her pain of growing up in a place where she felt accepted, and later had to move to another town where she, at only 13 starts to learn about how everyone has different perspectives of people. Even though we can still see how the narrator feels pride in her until at the end she gives up by saying \u201cI feel like a brown bag of miscellany propped against a wall\u201d (p.985).","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"26499431","body":"Melanie,
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\nLet's look at that quote again... "I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother\u2019s side was not and Indian chief\u201d... do you really think that this is true? Do you really think that Hurston means this?
\nI appreciate that you noted Hurston finding pride within herself, but do you think that she is also doing something different here? Do you think that this essay is also addressed to other black people? If so, what do you think she might be saying?
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283199573","smartDate":"Aug 30, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26548883","body":"I think it's not true what Hurston expresses since she doesn't really know how many people out there are negros whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an indian chief. I also think Hurston is doing something different since she passes from having self pride to feeling like a brown bag. At the beginning, it seems as if she is addressing the essay to other black people in a sense of motivation for the ones who feel different, but at the end she gives another type of impression so the essay sounds more as a story telling instead of a motivation story.","dateCreated":"1283307678","smartDate":"Aug 31, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"melafavini","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/melafavini","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"26575711","body":"Interesting,
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\nI appreciate your thoughts.
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\nGood work, Melanie,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1283376963","smartDate":"Sep 1, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}