Walkers Innovation of Zora Neal Hurston and Herself

Walker a great admirer of Zora Neal Hurstons novels, is in search for Zoras grave and wants to no more about her. From Zora's novels Walker figures that Eatonville is her home town and so she tends to go there to get more information than she already acquired from reading her novels. She meets up with a companion named Charlotte and both share their findings they obtained from her novels before the expedition. They begin by asking a women questions at the post office and tells her that she was Zora's niece. Walker believed it was the best way to get more information out of people. The women believed Mrs. Moseley remembered her and they began to question her as well. From Moseley's responses, they imbibe that she did have a funeral and where she was buried but not her exact grave. Knowing Zoras situation in not having a proper funeral, Walker considers to attach a tomb stone to her grave, feeling she had the right to do so. Moseley tells them the cause of Zoras death but only find out her true cause of death when they meet up with Dr.Benton, a great friend of Zora's. He tell them his relationship to Zora as her neighbor. He also explains her relationship with her family which was not a good one. Walker begins to feel apart of Zora since she has read her autobiography, which referred to her personality almost as if Walker knew Zora in person.

Dr. Benton also describes her physical features as being a bit chunky from eating too much. Eating too much was one of the reasons that caused her death, high blood pressure. And for not having her own family attend her funeral was depressing to Walker. This affected Walker, to know that her idol was not greatly known like she thought she would be.