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How does Hurston create a sense of a community in the story “Spunk”?

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Through the sounds and speech of this rural populace, the prose possesses a remarkable oral quality. Interestingly, "Spunk" makes no reference to whites, a deliberate and meaningful omission given the story's Southern setting. It thus represents a "private community," one not exclusively responsive to white oppression.

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