The pear tree represents Janie's voice as she tries to find inner peace and happiness. When she's under the tree, she gets confused between happiness and romance and begins her quest for happiness in a relationship. We understand that Janie won't discover her voice by marriage.
In chapter 3, Janie marries Logan Killicks, and soon after they got married, Janie goes to see Nanny to tell her about her marriage and how she wasn't so sure if he loved him when they were married. Janie also tells her about the things he hates about him, like his looks and the work he makes her do. Nanny then tells her that her mind will change as she ages and that the rest of the things are up to her.A month later, Nanny died and so did Janie's hope of love in marriage, making her a woman.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
3/4 Assingnment
3 Main Points
1. The story is like an autobiography with the fact that the author refused to marry a man she loved to keep her carrer and ran away and traveled.
2. She also wrote plays, essays, autobiographies and many stories.
3. The author wanted to write about blacks in Alabama and Florida.
1. The story is like an autobiography with the fact that the author refused to marry a man she loved to keep her carrer and ran away and traveled.
2. She also wrote plays, essays, autobiographies and many stories.
3. The author wanted to write about blacks in Alabama and Florida.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
3/3 Assignment
1. How are ships compared to man's wish?
2. Who is the Watcher?
3. Why is Time capitalized?
4. What does resignation mean? Why would the Watcher turn away in resignation?
5. What does "mocked" mean?
6. EXPLAIN what these lines mean in your own words.
7. What do you think this novel is going to be about?
Ships being far in the ocean can be hard for a man to get to and when they're next to the ship, it can be hard to get on it just by themselves , making it seem as hard as getting your wish granted. The watcher could be God who doesn't give people what they wish normally and only grants a person's wish if that person if suffering a bad life and is desparate for their wish to be true. Time could be reconized as the folklore character Father Time. An accepting state, refering to the Watcher turning to someone and accepting the person's desparation for his wish. Being made fun of or criticized. I think it means that a man's life involves people trying to gain wishes they want and those wishes will never come. I think it's going to be about someone traveling around to find what that person is wishing for, like a man chasing that ship.
2. Who is the Watcher?
3. Why is Time capitalized?
4. What does resignation mean? Why would the Watcher turn away in resignation?
5. What does "mocked" mean?
6. EXPLAIN what these lines mean in your own words.
7. What do you think this novel is going to be about?
Ships being far in the ocean can be hard for a man to get to and when they're next to the ship, it can be hard to get on it just by themselves , making it seem as hard as getting your wish granted. The watcher could be God who doesn't give people what they wish normally and only grants a person's wish if that person if suffering a bad life and is desparate for their wish to be true. Time could be reconized as the folklore character Father Time. An accepting state, refering to the Watcher turning to someone and accepting the person's desparation for his wish. Being made fun of or criticized. I think it means that a man's life involves people trying to gain wishes they want and those wishes will never come. I think it's going to be about someone traveling around to find what that person is wishing for, like a man chasing that ship.
Zora Neale Hurston
She was born on Jan. 7 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama, and when she was still a baby, her family moved to Eatonville, Florida where black people lived normally. She had 7 siblings, her father was a preacher and her mother directed a Christian curricula at their church. In 1928, she graduated from Barnard College and in 1935, she published her first novel, Jonah's Gourd Vine and then soon after published Mules and Men. During the late 30's and early 40's, she published more masterful novels like Tell My Horse and Their Eyes Were Watching God. When she finished her autobiography called Dust Tracks on a Road, she was finally reconized as an author and was profiled in Twentieth Century Authors and Who's Who in America, Current Biography. In 1948, she published her last novel Seraph on the Suwanee. On January 28, 1960, she died of a stroke at 69, and her neighbors tried to save money on her funeral, but they couldn't afford a headstone, and her grave remained unmarked until 1973.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
3/2 Assignment
1. Why is it important to know something about the author of a story before you begin reading it? What does it help you do? What does it help you understand?
It's important because if you learn some things about the author, you'll learn what has inspired the authors into making their story and learn what things they will posibly add or what kind of book it would most likely be. It could help you undestand their life and see if the book involves anything about their past or just be a part of their imagination.
It's important because if you learn some things about the author, you'll learn what has inspired the authors into making their story and learn what things they will posibly add or what kind of book it would most likely be. It could help you undestand their life and see if the book involves anything about their past or just be a part of their imagination.
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