Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 5

Quote:
"Yes, she would love Logan after they were married. She could see no way for it to come about, but Nanny and the old folks had said it, so it must be so. Husbands and wives always loved each other, and that was what marriage meant. It was just so...She wouldn't be lonely anymore."

Pg. 21

Comment:
This is so twisted. You're suppose to fall in love with the person you marry before you get married, unless you're a golddigger. I feel sorry for Janie, the main character, she's in for a rude awakening.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 4

Quote:
"She asted me dat maybe twenty-five or thirty times, lak she got tuh sayin' dat and couldn't help herself. So Ah told her, 'Ah don't know nothin' but what Ah'm told tuh do, 'cause Ah ain't nothin' but uh nigger and uh slave...She went to de foot of de bed and wiped her hands on her handksher. 'Ah wouldn't dirty mah hands on yuh. But first thing in de mornin' de overseer will take you to de whippin' post and tie you down on yo' knees and cut de hide offa yo' yaller back. One hundred lashes wid a raw-hide on yo' bare back."

Pg. 17-18

Comment:
This passage made me say dang. That was super harsh and uncalled for; but I guess how it was back then. I also like the way the author wrote the dialog for the African Americans.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 3

Quote:
"After a while she got up from where she was and went over the little garden field. She was seeking confirmation of the voice and vision, and everywhere she found and acknowledged answers."

Pg. 11

Comment:
I like this quote, because it seems so interesting even though it's kind of simple; like when she says "...seeking confirmation of the voice and vision,..." I guess it's just that I think it's really creative how she said that the character goes to a garden field to help her think.

AP Literature Assignment #4

         I think a scene in the play, A Raisin in the Sun, that is significant, is when Mr. Lindner, a member of the neighborhood's committee, comes back to negoitate with the Younger family on selling their new home in an all white neighborhood. The man of the household, Walter Lee Younger, finally makes his transition from a boy to a man. It reveals that this character, although he is grown, still acted like a child before this situation. It also reveals that everyone in that household, finally gets to see Walter Lee become something that he was suppose to be over ten years before all of this happened. The author shows a transition from childhood to manhood and uses his mother to confirm it. But first Hansberry, the author, gave him an unpromising start "...and say, "All right, Mr. Linder...that's your neighborhood out there! You got the right to keep it like you want!...Just write the check and ------ the house is yours." (pg. 144, 4th person's lines, sent. 2-5). Walter Lee Younger describes how he's going to act when Lindner goes to their house. Next, Hansberry gives Walter the transition. "...we have all thought about your offer ------ ...And we have decided to move into house because my father ------ my father ------- he earned it for us brick by brick." (pg. 148, 3rd and 5th character lines). Walter blocks out his initial thoughts concerning the new house and doesn't take Mr. Lindner's negoitation offer. They decide to move to the neighborhood. Lastly, Hansberry chooses his mother, Lena, to confirm his transition into becoming a man. "...He finally come into his manhood today, didn't he? Kind of like a rainbow after the rain..." (pg. 151, 1st character). This was his mother's confirmation. Walter had an extremely rough start but changed it and cleaned it up at the end.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 2

Quote:
"Mis' Washburn useter dress me up in all de clothes her gran'chillun didn't need no mo' which still wuz better'n whut de rest uh de colored chillun had. And then she useter put hair ribbon on mah head fuh me tuh wear."

Pg. 9

Comment:
(E) This quote showed me that the main character, Janie, had a better childhood than most African American children in her time.

Their Eyes Wear Watching God: Entry 1

Quote:
"...women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget."

Pg. 1

Comment:
(C) What Hurston says here is actually true for me most of time with a certain situation I choose not to talk about. And no, I didn't choose this quote because it on the first page.