Journal 2

The story Zora Neale Hurston wrote takes place in West Florida not long after the civil war had ended, at a time where African-Americans were treated unfairly and oftentimes mistreated by people in the South. This setting allows for the reader to see how and where characters in the book were raised and gives some of the characters their personalities. The setting builds on the Southern atmosphere and gives the reader an insight to a close-knit community in the South where the protagonist is from and her history.