Zora Hurston

Life for Zora Hurston growing up had to be very difficult to overcome.  It’s hard for me to imagine not having loving parents growing up but many kids still to this day don’t have.  She overcame her mom passing away when she was only thirteen years old.  She had to be a very strong willed person because her dad basically gave her away soon after.  With all her hardship as a young girl she overcame and became a great writer says a lot about her strong will to make something of her tangled life.  The story about John Redding is somewhat interesting to be because he is looking to explore and find an adventure.  With so many situations holding John back from exploring I almost feel like he had nothing to live for after that.  I almost feel like John’s mom didn’t want him to be successful because she didn’t want him to do anything and if he did she would disown him.  I think Zora wrote this with her own knowledge of people and family somewhat like her own in Florida in the early nigh teen hundreds.  I feel like everyone controls their own destiny but for John he is not able to.  Moms are supposed to help their kids with knowledge growing up but not hold them back from living there own life.  It is very ironic how John is killed and his father finally lets his son be free and explore by letting him float into the sea.  I think the reason for writing this story is to show how important it is for a person to learn to develop and pursue what they want in their life.  Without having the chance to pursue a dream you lose self determination and end up with nothing at all.