Dust Line On A Road Analysis

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Dust Tracks on a Road
Dust Tracks on a Road, written by Zora Neale Hurston, is an autobiography describing her childhood life of poverty in the rural south. Zora Neale Hurston enriches our sense of her childhood world through diction and manipulation of point of view in many ways. The audience is able to better understand what the author's childhood was like because of the word choices she uses. The audience is able to picture what the author’s childhood was like, based on the details given through multiple perspectives.

Hurston enriches our sense of her childhood through her diction. Hurston’s phrasing, wording, and language allows the reader to connect to the writer.

Hurston enriches our sense of her childhood through her manipulation of point of view. Hurston first begins to describe her childhood in the first person narrative point of view. Hurston
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The audience is able to understand that Hurston is living in poverty in the south. Hurston’s mother is trying to give her eight children an education while also encouraging them to stand up for themselves. The audience is able to imagine Hurston’s father, disagreeing with his wife a lot and not supporting Hurston’s education and future. The audience is able to picture how difficult life was living in poverty in the south, how families may be affected, and may relate to Hurston. The author’s diction used throughout the passage allows the audience to determine how the author feels about her childhood, and parents. The audience is able to understand that Hurston admires her mother for giving her and her eight sibling an education and encouraging them to follow their dreams. The audience then realizes, that Hurston’s father is not supportive of her or her future, in which we realize that she had a tough