The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s and early 1930’s was a period of immense African American literary and intellectual activity, centered in Harlem, New York City. During this time many writers emerged, among them Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright. Respectively their works “The Gilded Six-Bits” and “Almos’ A Man” are literary reminders of the early South. While attending college in New York, Zora Neale Hurston became part of the Harlem Renaissance’s literati and …showed first 75 words of 536 total…

…showed last 75 words of 536 total…the young boys yearning for a gun to symbolize his maturation to manhood. Wright is writing of the youth wanting to escape the “everyday life” of the South, and their longing for new environments and experiences. The two writers, Zora Neale Hurston and Richard Wright, though considerably similar in their writing techniques were seen differently during their career. While Wrights works were publicly praised, Hurston had to wait until her deathbed to finally become noticed.