Author Biography Zora Neale Hurston was an African-American author in the early to middle 1900s. She was very successful and wrote many novels and stories. Her works have survived through time and are still very popular today. Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891 in Eatonville, Florida. She attended High School in Baltimore and graduated in 1918. She then attends Howard University and receives an associate degree. While in school at Howard she publishes her first …showed first 75 words of 2085 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2085 total…happens but by the end of the novel she is independent and no longer helpless. Also, I believe she was able to come of age through all of the difficulties she had to endure. She learned from her mistakes and was able to be happy at the end of the novel. These two themes are very similar and I believe Zora Neale Hurston did a wonderful job in emphasizing them throughout her story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**