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Author: Zora Neale Hurston
First Published: 1924
Type of Plot: Autobiographical, regional
Time of Work: 1900-1910
Setting: Eatonville, Florida
Principal Characters: Isis Watts, Grandma Potts, A white lady and two men
Genres: Short fiction
Subjects: African Americans, Girls, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Poverty or poor people, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Grandparents or grandchildren, Florida, Dancing or dancers, Wealth, Automobiles, Joy or sorrow, 1900’s
Locales: Eatonville, FL

Isis Watts is perched on the gatepost of her home, looking with longing up the road to Orlando. The conflict between the child and her grandmother is evident from the opening paragraphs. Isis is a child who is filled with the joy of life and yearns for the horizon, while her grandmother urges her to stop dreaming and instead work around the house. Isis has earned the nickname “Isis the joyful” among the neighbors, but her grandmother seeks to restrain the child's exuberance and orders her to sit on the porch like a lady rather than romp with the dogs in the...

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