"How It Feels To Be Coloured Me" by Zora Neale Hurston. i) What does Hurston mean when she says that "[she] remember[s] the very day that [she] became Coloured"? ii) When Hurston arrives in Jacksonville, she says that she "was not Zora of Orange County anymore." What does she mean when she says this? iii) What does Hurston mean when she says that she "do[es] not weep at the world" because she is "too busy sharpening her oyster knife"? iv) Who or what is the "brown spectre" mentioned on page 61, and what is its significance?

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“How It Feels To Be Coloured Me” by Zora Neale Hurston.
i) What does Hurston mean when she says that “[she] remember[s] the very day that [she] became Coloured”?
ii) When Hurston arrives in Jacksonville, she says that she “was not Zora of Orange County anymore.” What does she mean when she says this?
iii) What does Hurston mean when she says that she “do[es] not weep at the world” because she is “too busy sharpening her oyster knife”?
iv) Who or what is the “brown spectre” mentioned on page 61, and what is its significance?