Chapter 2

Wright says it was his ‘cultural heritage’ to dislike Jews. Relate that to his own experiences.

I think his dislike of jews relates to the racial discrimination between blacks and whites. An example i guess would be that I think he felt that the white's dislike of blacks was a cultural heritage therefore it was his cultural heritage to dislike the jews. Plus it also probably gave him some satisfaction to think that he was superior to another group of people since the whites were putting him down all the time.

Why is Wright Really hungry?

Wright is hungry because up until now he is so used to there always being food that he takes it for granted. He never stops to make the connection between his father and having food. So now that his father is gone there is no food and he's hungry and when he asks his mom for food she simply tells him there is none and he dosn't understand until he realizes that his father is gone and that is why there is no more food in the house.

Wright's view of the novel

Blog – Do you agree or disagree with Wright’s view of the novel?

I don't really know if I agree or not. I mean I liked the book but Wright does bring up some good points. In a way i guess it is a bit condescending and perhaps its a bit stereo typical of a white view of African Americans from back in that time period, when there was still a lot of racism. I guess i don't really know what influenced Hurston's style of the novel. I don't really know what type of crowed she was trying to appeal to either. But i do agree with Wright's opinion that she was symplifying the characters which i can see how that could b taken in a less than pleasent way. I myself would not really want my friends or me to be viewed as 'simple' or inferior so i can see how that point could be argued.

End of the book

Blog – Through out the entire book, Janie is quick to talk; however, she says almost nothing during the trial. Why?

I think that in the trial she dosn't really talk much because she feels that there is nothing to say. She feels that what happened, happened and there was a reason for it and it had to be that way. I also think that she really loved Tea Cake and she didn't want to think bad thoughts about him, she only wanted to think about the good times and i think part of it was maybe she didn't really think that she killed Tea Cake. Perhaps to Janie what she killed was the mad animal inside him and not really Tea Cake. Its almost like the mad animal killed Tea Cake and all that was left was the animal and Janie had to kill it or be killed.

their eyes were watching God

Blog – Chapter 18 contains the line the title comes from – “their eyes were watching God.” Explain what the line means in the context it appears.

In this context god is sort of like the huricane in that it seems all powerful and its taking away all of what they kno and leaving them in the dark. They're sitting together in the darkness straining to c beyond what they kno (darkness) in order to c what it is thats destroying everything around them. So in that way the hurricane is kind of like god because they wern't expecting this hurricane so its almost unnatural.

Chapt. 13-15

Blog – When they arrive in the Everglades, Janie is quick to work beside Tea Cake on the muck. How does this compare to the way she worked with Logan and Jody?

Tea Cake views Janie more as an equal and he feels that she is fully capable of doing work out in the fields, he also wants her to work with him in the fields so they can always be together because he loves her and hates being away from her. This is different from Jody and Logan in that Jody thought Janie was to good for just about everything except sitting around and looking pretty, Jody had her work in the store not because he loved her and wanted to be around her but so he could watch her and make sure she was making him look good. Logan thought Janie was capable of doing some of the work he did but the only reason he wanted her to help was because he needed an extra hand to help out around the place and to take off some of his work load. So the difference between Jody and Logan compared to Tea Cake is that Tea Cake loves Janie and her company whereas with Jody and Logan they just needed her for there own selfish purposes.

Blog – How do Janie’s actions with Tea Cake reflect her ideas about love as opposed to those ideas that Nanny, or others who grew up in slavery, valued?

For Nanny and others who grew up in slavery what they wanted most was safety and protection and to be able to sit hight up on a pedistal like the white mistress, materialsim was everything to them because they had nothing. So when Janie became of age Nanny wanted to marry her off to some well to do guy that would be able to support her so she would be able to sit up high like nanny wanted to. Janie however feels that true love and affection are more important than financial stability and wealth, she already had been married to 2 very well off men and she has come to realize that the dream of sitting up on the porch all nice and fancy like wasn't all it was made up to be, and that when it came down to it she wasn't happy even tho she had all that stuff

chpt. 7-9

Blog – In Chapter 9, Janie talks about how the angels grew jealous of man and chopped up and covered him in mud. How does this parable relate to Janie’s own experience?

To me this parable relates to Janie in that Joe was jeleaous of her. She was his but that just wasn't good enough for him, he was jelaous of her looks and how all the guys wanted her. And when he was getting older he was jeleaous of how she stayed looking younger. So even tho she was his and he sould hav been greatful for that, cause all the guys wanted her so she could hav just up and left, but she didn't so he should hav been more appreciative but instead he just cut her down and pointed out her flaws to her and the rest of the town. Which is similar to the jealous angels cutting down man.

Janie and the Mule

Why does Janie care about the mule so much?

I feel that the reason Janie cares so much about the mule is because she is sort of in the same position. She's not being tormented out in the open like the mule was but she is being controlled by joe just like the mule was controlled by Matt, and I think thats why she's sympathetic to the mule because she nows what its like to be controlled and manipulated. She isn't being physically abused like the mule was but i think she's being emotionaly abused by joe and that he's constantly tearing her down and destroying her spirit.

Blog – watch super bowl adds, pic 2 commercials, blog about what they appeal to and explain how they appeal, logic, emotion, ethics

Diet Pepsi Max
Appeals to logic and emotions in that every one is falling asleep and bad things are happening but once they drink diet pepsi max they're wide awake and things are great for them. This apeals to logic because no one wants to be tired or falling asleep on the job. This also apeals to emotion because no one wants to b that person falling asleep all over the place they wanna be the person whos fun and full of energy.

Fed Ex Carier pigeons
This apeals to logic in that it seems to be saying that anything other than fedex is just stupid, because it is completely illogical to genetically alter pigeons to deliver large packages and then unleash them on the city

Blog - Nature imagery comes up a lot in the first few chapters. Explain what you make of the last paragraph in Ch. 4.

"They sat on the boarding house porch and saw the sun plunge into the same crack in the earth from which the night emerged"

To me i think this may be forshadowing problems in their relationship. I mean having the sun go into the same place where the night emerges to me kind of symbolizes the death of there happines and the rise of their problems. I mean she didn't really know Joe for that long before she went and ran off with him, and idk just looking ahead the book says that joe had a big voice and liked to be incharge, that could end up causing problems for Janie because he may start trying to control her and Janie at least right now is rather free spirited.