Saturday, December 8, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Scene Response 12/6/07
The final moments of Jody's life:
On the last few pages of Chapter Eight are the final moments of Joe's life. After Janie embarrasses him in front of his friends and a few other townspeople, Joe decides to sleep downstairs in their house. He stops eating her cooking. Soon he becomes very sick. At the end of the chapter, Janie visits Joe as he is lying sick in bed. He is not privy to the fact that he may die, but Janie brings the news. He is going to die. He is shocke. Janie confronts him about how he has supressed her in the past in their relationship. He never let her be herself and seemed not to really love her. Janie also attempts to appologize for the way she embarrassed Joe. He cannot take Janies constant reminders of how he was a bad husband, seeing as though he cared for his reputation immensely. Finally, he passes. Janie lays his hands across his chest peacefully, changing them from their outstreched, decrepit form. Janie, too, can finally be at peace. She seems liberated by Joe's passing. Though she misses him, she does not grieve as long as the others do and she is back to her old self once again.
On the last few pages of Chapter Eight are the final moments of Joe's life. After Janie embarrasses him in front of his friends and a few other townspeople, Joe decides to sleep downstairs in their house. He stops eating her cooking. Soon he becomes very sick. At the end of the chapter, Janie visits Joe as he is lying sick in bed. He is not privy to the fact that he may die, but Janie brings the news. He is going to die. He is shocke. Janie confronts him about how he has supressed her in the past in their relationship. He never let her be herself and seemed not to really love her. Janie also attempts to appologize for the way she embarrassed Joe. He cannot take Janies constant reminders of how he was a bad husband, seeing as though he cared for his reputation immensely. Finally, he passes. Janie lays his hands across his chest peacefully, changing them from their outstreched, decrepit form. Janie, too, can finally be at peace. She seems liberated by Joe's passing. Though she misses him, she does not grieve as long as the others do and she is back to her old self once again.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Reading Response: 12/3/07
Scene from chapters 3-6:
"The sow-belly in the pan needed turning. She flipped it over and shoved it back. A little cold water in the coffee pot to settle it. Turned the hoecake with a plate and then made a little laugh. What was she losing so much time for? A feeling of sudden newness and change came over her. Janie hurried out of the front gate and turned south. Even if Joe was not there waiting for her, the change was bound to do her good." (Their Eyes Were Watching God, p. 32)
In Chapter 4, Janie leaves Logan Killicks. Her grandmother tries to explain true love to her, but Janie does not find Logan to be a suitable husband. They are wed anyway in an arranged marriage. Logan is big and offers Janie security, but he makes her do physical labor in the fields as well as cook for him. Over time, she finds him uglier. In town, Janie spies out Joe Starks, who is ambitious, good looking, and dapper. She is wooed by him, at the very least impressed, and he arranges to meet her outside of Logan's house one night to sweep her off on his way to Florida to carry through with his plan to start a new town. In the scene above, she is cooking and cleaning, when Logan has gone to town, but then she realizes that she has had enough and chooses to leave. Whether or not Joe Starks is there, she will start a new life for herself.
"The sow-belly in the pan needed turning. She flipped it over and shoved it back. A little cold water in the coffee pot to settle it. Turned the hoecake with a plate and then made a little laugh. What was she losing so much time for? A feeling of sudden newness and change came over her. Janie hurried out of the front gate and turned south. Even if Joe was not there waiting for her, the change was bound to do her good." (Their Eyes Were Watching God, p. 32)
In Chapter 4, Janie leaves Logan Killicks. Her grandmother tries to explain true love to her, but Janie does not find Logan to be a suitable husband. They are wed anyway in an arranged marriage. Logan is big and offers Janie security, but he makes her do physical labor in the fields as well as cook for him. Over time, she finds him uglier. In town, Janie spies out Joe Starks, who is ambitious, good looking, and dapper. She is wooed by him, at the very least impressed, and he arranges to meet her outside of Logan's house one night to sweep her off on his way to Florida to carry through with his plan to start a new town. In the scene above, she is cooking and cleaning, when Logan has gone to town, but then she realizes that she has had enough and chooses to leave. Whether or not Joe Starks is there, she will start a new life for herself.
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