How it feels to be colored – HEXAGON"How it feels to be colored", by the courageous Zora Neale Hurston, expresses the vanity of author in his individuality. Instead of writing an essay about racial inequality, Hurston creates a moving story that shows how different it is. Hurston implies his uniqueness from the very first sentence "I'm colored but I offer nothing in extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am." the only Negro in the United States whose maternal grandfather was not an Indian chief". Because she used the term "only", Hurston stands out among all other African Americans of that era, which implies her difference, because she is not such a common Indian Since this constitutes the very first line of the story, it implies her desire to express how her uniqueness exists better than the rest The first sentence sets the tone. to the entire play The reader immediately knows that Hurston's attitude toward herself remains positive unlike many essays written at the time by African Americans, which were not.....