“Dust Tracks on a Road“ By Zora Neale Hurston

“Dust Tracks on a Road“ is an autobiographical work by Zora Neale Hurston, published in 1942. In this book, Hurston narrates her life story, from her childhood in the all-black town of Eatonville, Florida, to her experiences as a writer, anthropologist, and of the most striking aspects of “Dust Tracks on a Road“ is the way Hurston writes about her childhood in Eatonville. She portrays this small town as a place of freedom and autonomy for its black residents, where they could create their own culture and traditions without the interference of white people. Hurston’s descriptions of Eatonville are vivid and full of detail, and she portrays the town as a place where black people could fully express important theme in “Dust Tracks on a Road“ is the tension between tradition and modernity. Hurston was born in 1891, and she grew up in a time of significant social and cultural change for black Americans. She experienced the transition from the rura