Question

Read the excerpt from Zora Neale Hurston’s “John Redding Goes to Sea.”

"Cose you allus tries tuh know mo' than me, but Ah ain't so ign'rant. Ah knows a heap mahself. Many and many's the people been drove outa their senses by conjuration, or rid tuh deat' by witches."

Answer 1

Why does Zora Neale Hurston use nonstandard English in this excerpt?

A)to emphasize the relationship between John and his parents
B)to provide a historical context in which the events occur
C)to portray the dialect of African Americans during the period
D)to reflect the mixed emotions John’s mother has about her child