Friday, December 6, 2013
Their Eyes Were Watching God, chs 8-10
In chapter 8, Joe and Janie essentially start living separate lives after the argument in the store. Joe is sick-- a fact Janie notices, but he won't allow her to take care of him. In fact, he starts taking advice from other people, some of whom don't have his best interests at heart. On Joe's deathbed, Janie expresses to him everything she had been holding in. What is the first thing Janie does after Joe dies? What does this symbolize to her? During Joe's funeral, Janie shows all of the outward signs of being a grieving widow. "The funeral was going on outside...Inside the black expensive folds were resurrection and life." How is Joe's death, in a way, a rebirth for her? Explain what she means by this statement: "To my thinkin', mourning oughtn't tuh last no longer'n grief." She also comes to realize at this time in her life how much she resents her grandmother for trying to get her to conform to a certain station in life, instead of allowing her true self to shine. In chapter 10 we meet a new character, Tea Cake. Janie is immediately attracted to his vibrant energy. She also loves that he doesn't treat her with "kid gloves", but as an actual thinking, feeling human being. To recieve full credit for posting you must respond to the post in complete sentences, and respond to one of your classmates' comments as well. Spelling and grammar count.
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The first thing that Janie does after he dies is look in the mirror at her appearance. She has aged but she concludes that she is still beautiful and finally release her hair from its rag prison.
ReplyDeleteThis symbolizes her as a woman, the beautiful and attractive woman she was and now is again. Janie was kept tied up in a do rag hidden from the world just like her hair but now she is free.
Her statement meant that she doesn't really care what the townspeople think of her grieving behavior and that there should be no proper way to grieve. She was going to move on how and when she wanted to and no one was going to tell her otherwise.
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