Literature Core (1080-01 S2022)
The short story “White Rat,” written by Gayl Jones in 1977, details the complex relationship of a very fair skinned African-American man, who we know as “White Rat,” and his wife, Maggie. The couple has a son together, “little Henry,” and we know that he has a clubbed foot, which is the root of much…
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…
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…