The essay is written in the context of her childhood and its future effects. She describes how her life was as a young black girl and how she treated passerby's of her community the same despite their race. She also goes on to explain how that affected other people and what they thought of her. Also her flashback gives her perspective on her later life and how her naiveté as a child has shifted to more of an awareness of the true differences in race. In terms of the audience that Hurston writes to it is clear that she writes to outcasts or people of discrimination. The feelings and views that she conveys as being a minority that was ridiculed during this time period can be translated to several other bitter scenarios. Some more modern examples may include: being bullied because you wear glasses or teased because you have a speech impediment. But she preaches to a veery real and prevalent audience in terms of her topic of race. The author is most able to connect to this type of audience through her use of pathos. She taps into the readers emotions by telling a personal story. She also displays the ability to make the reader feel for her and connect by telling of her happy moments and her ones of struggle. I believe that the author successfully conveyed her point. The essay was written very personally an in such detail that one felt like they were there with her through her story. A technique I was believe was well used on Hurtson's account was her use of time. She explained events of her childhood where she would sit on her porch in a black neighborhood and greet strangers and transitioned to an event in her older life where she went to a music club with a white acquaintance. The contrast between her views on race as a child and their more noticeable prevalence to her later on her life really get her point across in terms of the different ways that race has affected her life. She also writes in a way where, as perviously mentioned, any prejudiced situation can be supplemented for what she speaks about and still be relevant to a wide range of readers.
The Duckling that Stands Alone
This an image of one duckling that clearly does not fit in with the rest. But the image gives a positive feeling rather than a sad one because the yellow duckling looks like he is really making an effort to belong. Much like this essay where the author doesn't view her being black as a negative thing although in a time of discrimination
http://www.gcsereligiousstudies.com/prejudice--discrimination.html
