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 emphasize the relationship between John and his parents
B
to provide a historical context in which the events occur
C
to portray the dialect of Black Americans during the period
D
to reflect the mixed emotions John’s mother has about her child