Monday, December 17, 2012

The Search for Zora

Searching for Zora Neale Hurston had left many unanswered questions that required Walker and Charrolate to go to Eatonville and find their answers. Whenever Walker had found a clue about her beloved hero, she followed it to the very end, and for the most part it left her assuming  the worst had happened to Zora. Like when she went to the funeral home and they said that she died of malnutrition, it had almost crushed our detectives. So it wasn't until the end of her search that she found what had really happened to her inspiration and was able to clear everything up.

While Walker is searching for the unanswered questions of how Zora Neale Hurston came to be in an unmarked grave in the middle of nowhere, she realizes some things about herself. She sort of feels that like reading through all of Zora's books and history, she felt like she knew her. Even at one point in her search she states that she even believed the lie that she was saying about how she was Zora's niece. It's through all this that she realizes that she can be as strong and can be as amazing and intelligent as her inspiration. It lets her know that it doesn't matter where she's from, she can make something out of herself. 

4 comments:

  1. Nice blog it answered the questions and it left "no stone unturned" Loved it.

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  2. Great blog! i like how you finished strong. Do you think Hurston would've wanted a big nice burial like that?

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    1. @Amanda Thanks, and no, because she and her fami;y didn't really get along to well so all she really liked was experiencing things and writing.

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