Literature Core (1080-01 S2022)
Gayl Jones’ short story “White Rat” (1977) involves the narration of a very light-skinned man called “White Rat”, his Black wife Maggie, and their son Little Henry, who has a clubbed foot. It starts in the present tense with Maggie returning to live with the narrator and their son after running off with J.T., who…
Amari Jackson Zora Neale Hurston 1926 play Color Struck starts off by telling the story about john and Emma . John is a light skinned man and his partner is Emma who is which a black women , and they are competing in a cakewalk. Although throughout the story Emma becomes jealous of a mulatto…
The short fiction story “White Rat”, by Gayl Jones, was published in 1977. It follows a light-skinned African-American, known only as “White Rat”, his wife, Maggie, and Little Henry, the first child of White Rat and Maggie born with club-foot. Due to White Rat’s light skin, he is often mistaken for a white person; however,…
The play “Color Struck” by Zora Neale Hurston was originally published in 1926. Taking place in the South, the story revolves around a cake-walk dance competition, with the winner receiving a large cake as their prize. The main characters are John, a light-brown skinned man, Emmaline or Emma, a dark-skinned black woman, and Effie, a…
Zora Neale Hurston’s 1926 play “Color Struck” tells the story of a couple in the “Jim Crow” South on their way to a cakewalk competition. Because this story is formatted as a play, the text is primarily organized through dialogue. Without much narration, aside from stage directions and how the characters speak their lines, the…
The play ‘Color Struck,’ by Zora Neale Hurston, is about a black woman, Emmaline, in the Jim Crow south and relationship with John, a light brown-skinned man. This play was published in the Magazine “FIRE!” in 1926. The first 3 scenes show a youthful Emmaline and John. Their relationship is a little rocky already because…
This week’s story is called “Color Struck”. It is a play compiled within the book, Fire!!, which was published in 1926. The play was written and structured by the author Zora Neale Hurston. The story follows a group of African Americans in the 20th century who are going to perform in a “cake walk”, which…
Color Struck, by Zora Neale Hurston, is a play that was published as part of the literary magazine “FIRE!!” in 1926. The play revolves around Emma, a black woman, and John, a light brown-skinned man, and their relationship as a couple. The first three scenes take place 20 years earlier than the fourth scene, set…
Désirée’s Baby, written by Kate Chopin, follows the story of an orphan who grows up to marry a plantation owner in Louisiana, sometime before the Civil War. Désirée grows up with Madame Valmonde, and when she is old enough, she marries lifelong friend Armand Augbiny. Armand and Désirée move on to have a baby and…
By Kuan Hu The literary fictional short story, “Say Yes,” by Tobias Wolff, was published on December 13. In my opinion, the intended audience of this short story is everyone. The story starts on an unnamed husband and his wife, Ann, getting into a quarrel about interracial marriage. The husband disagrees with his wife’s perspective…