The Gilded

The Gilded Six Bits


The "Gilded Six Bits" by Zora Neale Hurston is about a human

relationship: men to women. The main characters, Joe and Missie May, are

husband and wife. They really are a lovely couple and Joe is a man that is

very much in love with his wife. Joe is a poor man though, poor financially,

but,rich in the important things. Joe meets a man by the name of Otis D.

Slemmons. He is a braggart that tells stories about how rich...