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Zola’s “Germinal” and Gaskell’s “Mary Barton”
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A 5 page paper which examines the social conditions seen in Zola’s “Germinal” and Elizabeth Gaskell’s “Mary Barton.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAzolger.rtf

ZOOT SUIT AND EL PACHUCO
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This 3 page paper discusses the use of characterization in Chicano literature. The works of Anaya are discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MBchiclit.rtf

Zora Hurston's Self-Assurance
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This 3 page paper discusses Hurston's attitude toward her ethnicity as evidenced in her essay "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" and how that attitude informs the character of Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVColrMe.rtf

Zora N. Hurston/ "Whiteness" in "Seraph"
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A 9 page analysis of Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Seraph on the Suwanee." The writer discusses the criticism that this novel has received because Hurston, presumably, abandoned her own heritage and her feminist principles in writing this book. Basing her argument on an essay by Janet St. Clair, the writer proposes that this work can best be understood if read as an allegory, with the character of Jim representing "whiteness." Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: 99sots.wps

Zora Neale Hurston
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This 9 page paper discusses the way in which Hurston's characters fight to free themselves from oppression, and do so at any cost.
Filename: HVZora.rtf

Zora Neale Hurston & Gender Relations
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A 4 page research paper that examines two of her works, a short story entitled "Sweat" and her most famous novel The Eyes Were Watching God in regards to how Hurston portrays gender relations. The writer argues that, for the most part, this is pictured as a battleground between the sexes in which women have to defend themselves from male domination; however, the writer also points out that the relationship of Janie and Tea Cake in Eyes is a notable exception. Biography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khznhgr.rtf

Zora Neale Hurston and Ambiguous Endings
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A 5 page paper which examines the ambiguous endings in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” and the “The Gilded Six-Bits.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAhurend.rtf

Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat”
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A 5 page paper which examines the good and evil seen in Zora Neale Hurston’s story “Sweat.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAswhr.rtf

Zora Neale Hurston’s Life as Seen in Two Works
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A 4 page paper which discusses how Zora Neale Hurston’s “Dust Tracks on a Road” and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” share reflections of her own life experiences. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAhurslf.rtf

Zorba the Greek
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A 3 page research paper that discusses how in Nikos Kazantzakis' classic novel Zorba the Greek, two diametrically opposed views of life, the Apollonian (intellectual) and the Dionysian (emotional) perspective, are contrasted. The writer describes how Zorba, a man of the earth who has a zest for life, teaches a bookish friend to appreciate this perspective. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khzorgk.rtf