In "How it feels to Be Colored Me" Zora Neale Hurston is a fine example of someone who celebrates herself, even in no one else does.
Although writing on a vastly different topic, EB White's "Once More to the
Lake" powerfully evokes a time, place, and feeling through descriptive
imagery.
What sensory details did Hurston and White use to make their experiences
seem immediate to the reader? What do you notice about each writer's word
choice, or diction?
Read and reply to at least two other classmates' posts. Try to reply to
classmates who identified details that you did not, and synthesize the
observations--consider both your own and your classmate's responses.
The initial posts should have a topic sentence and be between eight-ten
sentences: Include one brief quotation from each essay. Response posts
should be between six-eight complete sentences.