I, too, am America: The Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement — Test
Question 23 • Literature and Composition III
Read the excerpt from Zora Neale Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea.” "Cose you allus tries tuh know mo' than me, but Ah ain't so ign'rant. Ah knows a heap mahself. Many and many's the people been drove outa their senses by conjuration, or rid tuh deat' by witches." Why does Zora Neale Hurston use non-academic English in this excerpt?
Answer
A
to reflect the mixed emotions John’s mother has about her child
B
to emphasize the relationship between John and his parents
C
to portray the dialect of Black Americans during the period
D
to provide a historical context in which the events occur