What It Means To Be Colored Me

Audience- Hurston’s intended audience was a wide range of readers: “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” was aimed at both the white and black community.

In the short story, "How It Feels To Be Colored Me", author Zora Neale Hurston uses many figures of speech, most notably, metaphor to indicate her attitude towards being "colored." Based on her story, she seemingly feels much pride in being "colored." Some examples of figures of speech she uses is personification, analogy, imagery and metaphor. She merges personification and analogy to describe how happy and proud she is of the actions that her ancestors before her took to fight against slavery. "The terrible struggle that made me an American out of a potential slave said 'On the line!' The Reconstruction said 'Get set!'; and the generation before said 'Go!' "(1041). She acknowledges the struggles her previous generation went through, yet

Two of the artifacts that I found most intriguing were Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People and Zora Neale Hurston’s “How it Feels to be Colored Me.” Not only do both pieces call upon individuals to think beyond their base instincts before action, but they also illustrate leadership by magnanimity and benevolent acknowledgment in trying situations. One of the virtues that Carnegie discusses in gaining influence is allowing the other man to save his face, or to maintain respect and avoid humiliation. In her piece, I believe Hurston, despite describing an emotionally charged situation, did an exceptional job allowing her opponents to save face. By doing so, she exhibited a rare and admirable ideal of leadership as described by Carnegie.

I do not have any issues with the story How it Feels to be Colored Me because Zora explained her perception. I could feel her pain or going from an innocent child who sees no color to another era that sees color before it sees you as a human being. I imagine her shock when she leaves a town that is primarily Black and ventures to a town where Whites are the majority. I guess this was another lesson that she had to learn the hard way as many Blacks do. I do admire her courage to walk with her head held high and to appreciate the differences between Whites and Blacks. The bottom line as she stated, we are all made from one God so that makes us the same with different characters and features.

Society can treat individual different from the majority. When one individual is different from the others race or physical appearance. It is hard for that individual to fit in as a normal person. Racism can happen to anybody who has a different race from others. Physical appearance plays a big part on how people treat each other’s in society. In fact, both of the authors, Zora Neale Hurston and Nancy Mairs of “How It Feels to be Colored Be Me” and “One Being a Cripple,” respectively undergo discrimination, self-discovery, and respond differently to these issues.

| Friendships more settled.Groups of friends.Problem solving and undertaking activities with increased independence.Require praise from parents and acceptance from peers.Awareness of self and how they are perceived.

I AM COLORED but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother 's side was not an Indian chief.

For example, traditionally at schools having a strong community foundation isn’t very common but because we do have things like Community Dialogue and have family-based advisory, I can be overly friendly and “family close” with students, staff, and teachers because it’s the norm here. I’ve taking steps as far as naming two of my 9th grade teachers, Meredith and Regina, the official #momsquad. Generally, my group of friends at DVC is quite substantial because I’m not the type of person to be fake to someone. Instead, I’m a genuine, real, and sincere friend. (A huge quality Hufflepuffs carry) Additionally, a lot of the relationships I have with my friends are built on trust and sincerity. I love helping people, if my help is needed, on certain projects, assignments, and deliverables. The feeling of being alone saddens me and I never make violence my first way of dealing with things. I do occasionally step out of my comfort zone but I’m relaxed when I stick to things i

It is nice to get a chance to meet new people and make new friends! According to my friends and family, I am a very intelligent and creative person. I am thoughtful and always ready to lend a helping hand. My friends would describe as nerdy because I love books, animes, and mangas. I am very different from my siblings and friends. Most of my friends have very different cultures than me.

We often connect ourselves to the world through our appearances. One of the first characteristics we notice about another human is the color of their skin. It is unavoidable, as the largest organ of the body, it covers and highlights our individual features and forms a protective wall against the elements. There is no escape from the social repercussions our pigmentation causes no matter what range of the very broad spectrum of color we fall into. I have never thought so much about the genetic and social evolution of skin and its properties until I read Nina Jablonski’s Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color. This book encompasses, in great detail, how our skin has evolved, adapted and mutated throughout time and in what

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Agreeableness is average, meaning I do not try to be either cooperative or antagonistic towards others. I generally take a laissez-faire approach to my relationships and do not have an invested interest because I do not believe I can significantly impact the long-term well being of others. During conversations, I do not inquire specifically about their personal lives, I let the other person tell me what they are comfortable about talking about and what they want me to know. Conscientiousness is also average. I have a fair balance of structure and spontaneity. There is just enough control and regulation in impulses to maintain a harmonized flow of daily life that will allow for spontaneous activities. For example, school work is more or less planned out by the day to prevent falling behind, but I will still embark on spontaneous adventures of bicycle rides to abandoned warehouse roof tops at midnight on a school night. Survey results are consistent with how I view myself generally. While it is impossible to be completely objective in self evaluations, I think I am fairly in tune with my inter- and intra-relationships because I make an effort to heed feedback. When interacting with others I pay attention to their facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and not only their words, but their silences.

Personality wise, I am honest and try my very best in going towards my goal. I am also very patient with others and willing to cooperate in activities for the benefit of the better good and inspiration. I will admit I am a shy person, but once you get to know me I am outgoing. Meeting new people is not a new experience to me since I am used to new environments. Being involved in my generation helps me value myself more and to stay motivated and active. My interests in the future can change or even personally develop again but I would like to think for now, all I need is my motivation and positivity to keep learning and to never give

According to my IPIP-NEO narrative report I am a very independent, outgoing, calm, and curious person. My comprehensive report shows that I am: high scoring in openness, conscientiousness, and extraversion, average scoring in agreeableness and low scoring in Neuroticism. Raking in the 82nd percentile, extraversion was my second highest scoring trait. This means I am pretty outgoing, extraverted and love people. This is evident my scores of 89 in friendliness, 84 in assertiveness and 75 in activity level. Despite my high score in extraversion, I am on the lower side of average in the excitement-seeking facet with a score or 33. This means that even though I might like a little hustle and bustle and take charge I wont take to many risks and don’t always need a thrill to be satisfied.

I have always been a “people person” and my communication with people is very good. It gives me great pleasure to make other people laugh and cater for their needs. It has never been difficult for me to form new friendships and maintain existing ones. For instance, when I was in primary school, I had made a lot of friends, four