Friday, January 6, 2017
TEWWG 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. She terms this "mislove". 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 receive 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 Janie does after Joe's funeral is burn every head scarf she owned and it symbolized freedom from Joe. Joe's death in a way was a rebirth for Janie because with Joe she had to do what he told her to do she wasn't free to do what she wanted ,he wanted no one to look at what he had and he wanted her for himself. Now that he was deceased she could do what she pleases to do she no longer wore the headscarfs around her head that was because Joe wanted her to. What Janie meant by that statement was that she had no reason to be sad anymore about Joe's death because she knows he's in a better place and that if she continues to mourn over the death of him she wouldn't be able to continue on with her life with him on her mind everyday , it's better off she got over with it and kept it moving instead of mourning.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree because Janie is a women with big dreams. Before Joe's death she would not have been able to even try to follow her dreams because of his many restrictions he had on her. Now that he is gone she has her freedom back and doesn't have to live a lie anymore.
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DeleteYes i also agree as well while they were together he was a pet peeve. Now she can now finish living and not be tied down. She has lots of ambition.
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The first thing that Janie does when her husband dies is burn all of the headrags that Joe made her wear. By her burning the headrags it symbolized her being free again. Joe's death was a rebirth for Janie because she had no freedom and was living a lie during their entire marriage, once he passed she could began to live her life according to what she wanted to do instead of what Joe wanted her to do. What Janie means when she says "To my thinkin', mourning oughtn't tuh last no longer'n grief" is that there is no reason to just sit around and be sad for so long it is time to enjoy the freedom that she once had taken from her.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said Janie only wanted what's best for herself she also regretted what her grandmother told her and put in her head to think of what she needed for her life but those were her grandmothers dreams not Janie's , Janie just wanted to live her life freely
DeleteI agree with what you said. Janie wanted what her grandma told her what she needed in a man, but later on in her life she doesn't want that. Now since Joe died she can be free and enjoy life like she wanted.
DeleteI agree because she have things going for herself in a lot of goals
ReplyDeleteWhen he died she got rid of headrags to so she could have a new start. Joe had her wearing them 24/7. She was sad for a minute but she made a statement talking about not mourning no longer. They was still married it seem as if he had her chained up she had no fun.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing Janie does after Joe died was looked at the mirror at herself, and then she takes off her kerchief. After the funeral that night before she went to bed she burned all of her head rags. I symbolize freedom from being told what to do all the time. Joe's death is a rebirth for her because she doesn't have hold her tongue, or follow Joe's rules like she is a child. She can be the woman she want to be and do what she wants to do. In the statement " To my thinkin', mourning outghtn't tuh last no longer'n grief" means she doesn't have to deal with the faking. Having to put on a act in front of people like she has a happy home, but when she gets home she doesn't.
ReplyDeleteYes I totally agree with you, she feels like " why should I have to lie like I was happy with him when all he did was control me."
DeleteAfter the death of her now deceased husband, Janie took off the scarf, looked in the mirror and admired the beauty that hid beneath it. Joe made Janie wear the scarf because he felt that her beauty was only for his eyes to see. She end up burning every last head rag she owned. The symbolization of taking the rag off was freedom. Freedom from a controlling man. A man who she thought was the "love" she was looking for. The statement she made in "Chapter 9" she was basically saying " of course I'm hurt that he's gone but then again I'm actually happy and relieved because I am free."
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