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    Throughout the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God the main character Janie Crawford fell into many relationships throughout her life‚ but three of those many made a drastic change in her life. Accordingly‚ with her first marriage to Mr. Logan Killicks who was a man‚ that she did not want to marry at such a young age. Janie’s second marriage being to Mr. Joe Starks‚ whom she loved so dearly‚ was subsequently cut short. Out of all of Janie’s marriages‚ one made the most impact on her love and life

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    My first poem “Making a Fist” by Naomi Shihab Nye I instantly thought of fighting someone‚ but I was wrong. In the first stanza Naomi tells us she felt the life slipping out of her‚ indicating that she was losing hope and her will to fight through the difficulties of life that we all face. She then starts to tell us a life story about being in the car with her mom feeling sick and watching all palm trees pass. I feel as though she picks this memory because she wishes life was as simple as it was

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    The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ illustrated how black women during the early 1900’s were constantly marginalized and silenced. In this time period black women did not have the same respect as men or white women when they gave their opinions and were often ignored. Black women were also perceived to be less intelligent and ____ by others. Hurston portrayed how black women were marginalized and silenced by others through the protagonists’ relationships with other people

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    Making A Fist By: Naomi Shihab Nye The title contributes‚ to us readers as it shows‚ that we are alive and strong as long as we can still make a fist. The person speaking in this poem is speaking to her daughter after a long car ride of days and days‚ maybe even weeks. Her mother is giving her comfort and reassuring her that even though people go through obstacles‚ you need to be strong enough to go through many aspects in life to bring happiness. And just tells her if you can still make a fist you

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    Chapters 1 & 2 Pages 1-20 In the first two chapters‚ the dialect was a little unusual and odd when I started reading‚ but once I kept reading I got used to it. You can tell the book was set in an older time period than now‚ and that it is in a small town. The book begins in an omniscient‚ third-person narrator’s voice‚ and one that is decidedly literary and intellectual‚ full of metaphors‚ figurative language‚ and other poetic devices. Hurston splits the narrative between this voice and long passages

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    In Chapters 5 and 6 of “The Eyes Were Watching God” Janie Crawford‚ a beautiful young woman who takes orders from a tyrant of a husband. Her husband Joe Stark seemed to be the perfect guy for her. He had all the qualities that a girl can dream of‚ he’s charismatic‚ handsome‚ and a gentlemen. As their marriage progresses on Janie starts to notice that the man she fell in love with wasn’t that man no more. He started becoming jealous‚ bossy‚ and just sexist towards women. Joe criticizes everything

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    Tariq Muhammad Per 2 Their Eyes Were Watching God In the book‚ Their Eyes Are Watching God‚ character Janie Crawford takes a journey of self discovery. This journey requires that she must give up the people she loves. The only way she can achieve true love is through countless losses. The story opens when Janie returns to Eatonville‚ Florida. Upon her return‚ the townsfolk gossip about her and what happened to her husband‚ a young man named Tea Cake. Janie’s friend Pheoby Watson visits her to

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    Functioning Eye (Emmetropia)</b> <br>The eye is the organ of sight. It is used in almost everything we do‚ from playing sport to reading. A normal and well functioning eye can focus objects and images‚ both near and far‚ perceive depth and adapt to changes in light. <br> <br>The perception of depth is due to having two separate eyes creating two separate images‚ while the ability to adapt to light change is attributed to the iris and the dilator muscles. However these two aspects of the eye are not

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    In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel‚ Their Eyes are Watching God‚ there is lots of imagery about Janie’s emotions and personality. Janie is a free-willed person who doesn’t care what other people think and that is shown through Tea Cake and her friends. She is trying to find herself in the book and who she is supposed to be. She is also trying to figure out love throughout the novel. When she is young‚ she thinks she figured out love and that is shown through nature. At the end of the novel‚ Janie has

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    In the book Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ Janie’s life is built up by other’s futures and images and not Janies. Zora Neale Hurston states‚ “From an initial loveless marriage‚ arranged by a grandmother (Nanny) whose sole motivation is to preserve Janie from being like other African American women”(Hurston). When Janie was growing her grandmother had already planned out how she wanted Janie’s future to be. Although Nanny wanted it to be for the best of her it taught Janie the

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