Zora Neal Hurston

Choose one of the prompts below. Write a 2.5-3-5-page critical analysis essay on one of the essays below.
Zora Neal Hurston’s “How It feels to be a Colored Me”
Zora Neal Hurston states, “Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of
slaves…Slavery is sixty years in the past. The operation was successful and the patient is doing well, thank
you” (187). What is Hurston saying about African American history? Based on Hurston’s narrative, does
forgetting about the history of slavery allow her to live free in her black body?