Read the excerpt from their eyes were watching god. mrs. turner, like all other believers had built an altar to the unattainable—caucasian characteristics for all. her god would smite her, would hurl her from pinnacles and lose her in deserts, but she would not forsake his altars. behind her crude words was a belief that somehow she and others through worship could attain her paradise—a heaven of straighthaired, thin-lipped, high-nose boned white seraphs. how does zora neale hurston use mrs. turner to present a cultural criticism? she mocks mrs. turner’s strict religious practices. she critiques mrs. turner’s obsession with material wealth. she mocks mrs. turner’s belief that everyone should look alike. she critiques mrs. turner’s use of profane language.

Zora Neale Hurston uses Mrs Turner to present a cultural criticism by mocking Mrs.Turner's belief that everyone should look alike.

C

Explanation

In Hurston's novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', Mrs Turner's character is shown as someone who despises blacks and worships white-skinned people.

She believes that people who enter heaven should look alike with the above-mentioned features.

Although, being a Caucasian she discriminates black people and asks the protagonist, Janie to leave her husband Tea Cake.

But Janie found true love in Tea Cake which she didn't experience from previous relationships.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i think the anti-race spokesman is working to achieve equality between whites and blacks and to encourage blacks to shakespeare's theory