Quote:
"...Janie went on home. The sight of the fields and the other happy people was too much for her that day. She walked slowly and thoughtfully to the quarters. It wasn't long before Tea Cake found her there and tried to talk. She cut him short with a blow and they fought from one room to the other, Janie trying to beat him, and Tea Cake kept holding her wrists and wherever he could to keep her from going to far."
Pg. 137
Comment:
(E) This part of the book is when Janie sees how Tea Cake and another woman are flirting. Janie gets incredibly jealous and mad at Tea Cake. After this happens, Tea Cake tries to comfort her, but she doesn't want to let him do so. I think Janie's jealousy was just a tiny bit out of hand because he's a young guy and sometimes they want to flirt with other women. I think she shouldn't have been that jealous because there is no doubt that that man loves her immensely. Janie probably felt a little insecure because the woman he was kind of flirting with was younger than her.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 29
Quote:
"He cut nine hairs out of the mole of her head for luck and went off happy. Janie waited till midnight without worrying, but after that she began to be afraid. So she got up and sat around scared and miserable. Thinking and fearing all sorts of dangers. Wondering at herself at as she had many times this week that she was not shocked at Tea Cake's gambling. It was part of him, so it was all right."
Pg. 125
Comment:
(E) This passage from the book is when Tea Cake, Janie's new husband, is gone off all night to gamble. Janie is worried that he might to make it back to her alive or uninjured. I feel sorry and sad for Janie because her husband is getting involved with a life-or-death situation for money. Janie is ok but when it hits midnight, she starts to worry. I'm surprised that she isn't shocked that he gambles. I would've been shocked, surprised, and disappointed.
"He cut nine hairs out of the mole of her head for luck and went off happy. Janie waited till midnight without worrying, but after that she began to be afraid. So she got up and sat around scared and miserable. Thinking and fearing all sorts of dangers. Wondering at herself at as she had many times this week that she was not shocked at Tea Cake's gambling. It was part of him, so it was all right."
Pg. 125
Comment:
(E) This passage from the book is when Tea Cake, Janie's new husband, is gone off all night to gamble. Janie is worried that he might to make it back to her alive or uninjured. I feel sorry and sad for Janie because her husband is getting involved with a life-or-death situation for money. Janie is ok but when it hits midnight, she starts to worry. I'm surprised that she isn't shocked that he gambles. I would've been shocked, surprised, and disappointed.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 28
Quote:
"Dem wuz railroad hands and dey womenfolks. You ain't usetuh folks lak dat and Ah wuz skeered you might git all mad and quit me for takin' you 'mongst 'em...Befo' us got married Ah made up mah mind not tuh let you see no commonness in me... 'Tain't mah notion tuh drag you down wid me."
"Looka heah, Tea Cake, if you ever go off from me and have a good time lak dat and then come back heah tellin' me how nice Ah is, Ah specks tuh kill yuh dead. You heah me."
"So you aims tuh partake wid everything, hunh?"
"Yeah, Tea Cake, don't keer what it is."
Pg. 124
Comment:
(E) This long passage is a dialogue between Tea Cake and Janie. In these quotes, the couple is having a conversation about Janie's participation in Tea Cake's life. Tea Cake underestimates Janie by thinking that she doesn't want to party with him. Tea Cake shows a lot of love for her with this but Janie reassures him not to underestimate her. Janie needs and wants him to understand that through whatever they go through, she has his back. She loves him.
"Dem wuz railroad hands and dey womenfolks. You ain't usetuh folks lak dat and Ah wuz skeered you might git all mad and quit me for takin' you 'mongst 'em...Befo' us got married Ah made up mah mind not tuh let you see no commonness in me... 'Tain't mah notion tuh drag you down wid me."
"Looka heah, Tea Cake, if you ever go off from me and have a good time lak dat and then come back heah tellin' me how nice Ah is, Ah specks tuh kill yuh dead. You heah me."
"So you aims tuh partake wid everything, hunh?"
"Yeah, Tea Cake, don't keer what it is."
Pg. 124
Comment:
(E) This long passage is a dialogue between Tea Cake and Janie. In these quotes, the couple is having a conversation about Janie's participation in Tea Cake's life. Tea Cake underestimates Janie by thinking that she doesn't want to party with him. Tea Cake shows a lot of love for her with this but Janie reassures him not to underestimate her. Janie needs and wants him to understand that through whatever they go through, she has his back. She loves him.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 27
Quote:
"So sittin' on porches lak de white madam look lak uh mighty fine thing tuh her. Dat's whut she wanted for me--- don't keer whut it cost. Git up on uh high hair and sit dere. She didn't have time tuh think whut tuh do after you got up on de stool uh do nothin'. De object wuz tuh git dere. So Ah got up on de high stool lak she told me, but Pheoby, Ah done nearly languished tuh death up dere."
Pg. 114
Comment:
(E) In this part of the book, Janie is talking to her friend, Pheoby, about she and Tea Cake. In the quote, Janie is talking about how her grandmother wanted her marry a rich man so she wouldn't have to work for anything. Janie explains to Pheoby that just because she had everything doesn't mean that there was love. This confirms the statement that money cannot buy love. Tea Cake nothing and she loves him; Joe had almost everything and she couldn't get herself to really love him.
"So sittin' on porches lak de white madam look lak uh mighty fine thing tuh her. Dat's whut she wanted for me--- don't keer whut it cost. Git up on uh high hair and sit dere. She didn't have time tuh think whut tuh do after you got up on de stool uh do nothin'. De object wuz tuh git dere. So Ah got up on de high stool lak she told me, but Pheoby, Ah done nearly languished tuh death up dere."
Pg. 114
Comment:
(E) In this part of the book, Janie is talking to her friend, Pheoby, about she and Tea Cake. In the quote, Janie is talking about how her grandmother wanted her marry a rich man so she wouldn't have to work for anything. Janie explains to Pheoby that just because she had everything doesn't mean that there was love. This confirms the statement that money cannot buy love. Tea Cake nothing and she loves him; Joe had almost everything and she couldn't get herself to really love him.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 26
Quote:
"It was after the picnic that the town began to notice things and got mad. Tea Cake and Ms. Mayor Starks! All the men that she could get, and fooling with somebody like Tea Cake! Another thing, Joe Starks hadn't been dead but nine months and here she goes sashaying off to a picnic in pink linen. Done quit attending church, like she used to. Gone off to Sanford in a car with Tea Cake and her all dressed in blue! It was a shame."
Pg. 110
Comments:
First, I want explain why it looks like I'm not reading a lot. Well, I mark/bookmark passages/quotes as I read through the book. So when I see something interesting or something can write a lot about, I bookmark it no matter if they're 2 pages apart or 10 pages apart. Do you get what I'm trying to say Mrs. Clifford? (: I am actually farther ahead from page 110.
Here's my real comment: (C) In this passage, it seems like the author is criticizing Janie for running around with Tea Cake. (The rest of the paragraph this passage belongs to criticizes her more.) Don't you hate it when you want to do something but everyone tries to bring you down? Like you can't be free without someone bounding you. I mean, can't people just let that person do what they want to do? Let them deal with the consequences, because most of the time they already know its coming.
"It was after the picnic that the town began to notice things and got mad. Tea Cake and Ms. Mayor Starks! All the men that she could get, and fooling with somebody like Tea Cake! Another thing, Joe Starks hadn't been dead but nine months and here she goes sashaying off to a picnic in pink linen. Done quit attending church, like she used to. Gone off to Sanford in a car with Tea Cake and her all dressed in blue! It was a shame."
Pg. 110
Comments:
First, I want explain why it looks like I'm not reading a lot. Well, I mark/bookmark passages/quotes as I read through the book. So when I see something interesting or something can write a lot about, I bookmark it no matter if they're 2 pages apart or 10 pages apart. Do you get what I'm trying to say Mrs. Clifford? (: I am actually farther ahead from page 110.
Here's my real comment: (C) In this passage, it seems like the author is criticizing Janie for running around with Tea Cake. (The rest of the paragraph this passage belongs to criticizes her more.) Don't you hate it when you want to do something but everyone tries to bring you down? Like you can't be free without someone bounding you. I mean, can't people just let that person do what they want to do? Let them deal with the consequences, because most of the time they already know its coming.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 25
Quote:
"All next day in the house and store she thought resisting thoughts about Tea Cake. She even ridiculed him in her mind and was a little ashamed of the association. But every hour or two the battle had to be fought all over again. She couldn't make him make him look just like any other man to her. He looked like the love thoughts of women. He could be a bee to a blossom--- a pear tree blossom in the spring. He seemed to be crushing scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing aromatic herbs with every step he took. Spices hung about him. He was a glance from God."
Pg. 106
Comment:
(E) This seems like someone is in love. It's really cute how Janie can't get Tea Cake out of her head no matter how hard she tries. She's really feeling this guy; he must be good to her, better than Joe was. I also like how the author compares him to spring. It makes it seem like he's just that special; like he's a god. The author also explains that he smells extremely good. To me, this adds to my assumption that he's a god; it makes him seem like more of a god.
"All next day in the house and store she thought resisting thoughts about Tea Cake. She even ridiculed him in her mind and was a little ashamed of the association. But every hour or two the battle had to be fought all over again. She couldn't make him make him look just like any other man to her. He looked like the love thoughts of women. He could be a bee to a blossom--- a pear tree blossom in the spring. He seemed to be crushing scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing aromatic herbs with every step he took. Spices hung about him. He was a glance from God."
Pg. 106
Comment:
(E) This seems like someone is in love. It's really cute how Janie can't get Tea Cake out of her head no matter how hard she tries. She's really feeling this guy; he must be good to her, better than Joe was. I also like how the author compares him to spring. It makes it seem like he's just that special; like he's a god. The author also explains that he smells extremely good. To me, this adds to my assumption that he's a god; it makes him seem like more of a god.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 24
Quote:
"Janie was halfway down the palm-lined walk before she had a thought for her safety...He had hold of her arm too. Then in a moment it was gone. Tea Cake wasn't strange. Seemed as if she had known him all her life."
Pg. 99
Comment:
(E) Janie has met a man that is about twelve years younger than her; by the way she's 40-something. This quote makes it seem like Janie already has a feeling that this man, named Tea Cake, won't hurt her verbally nor physically, like Joe did. Since she feels that she knows him already, this will allow her to be able to get closer and attached to him quicker. This is also one of my favorite parts of the movie.
"Janie was halfway down the palm-lined walk before she had a thought for her safety...He had hold of her arm too. Then in a moment it was gone. Tea Cake wasn't strange. Seemed as if she had known him all her life."
Pg. 99
Comment:
(E) Janie has met a man that is about twelve years younger than her; by the way she's 40-something. This quote makes it seem like Janie already has a feeling that this man, named Tea Cake, won't hurt her verbally nor physically, like Joe did. Since she feels that she knows him already, this will allow her to be able to get closer and attached to him quicker. This is also one of my favorite parts of the movie.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Entry 23
Quote:
"She had found a jewel down inside herself and she had wanted to walk where people could see her and gleam it around...When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Then after that some angels got jealous and chopped him into millions of pieces, but still he glittered and hummed. So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song. So they covered each one over with mud...Janie had tried to show her shine."
Pg. 90
Comment:
(R) I like this part of the passage because it shows Janie becoming a free person again through an interestingly thought out and Biblical reference. The quote seems like it suggests that we as humans are made perfect by God but the angels are the ones who make us do wrong. Then eventually we have to find our true selves again. To further explain this, the angels could represent her husband, Joe (who just died); because he made her feel like crap. But when he dies, she finds herself again.
"She had found a jewel down inside herself and she had wanted to walk where people could see her and gleam it around...When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Then after that some angels got jealous and chopped him into millions of pieces, but still he glittered and hummed. So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song. So they covered each one over with mud...Janie had tried to show her shine."
Pg. 90
Comment:
(R) I like this part of the passage because it shows Janie becoming a free person again through an interestingly thought out and Biblical reference. The quote seems like it suggests that we as humans are made perfect by God but the angels are the ones who make us do wrong. Then eventually we have to find our true selves again. To further explain this, the angels could represent her husband, Joe (who just died); because he made her feel like crap. But when he dies, she finds herself again.
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