Black Boy Third Response

Wright's response to his mother's paralysis is actually quite startling. First when neighbors start giving food to him, he refuses to take charity until his Grandma gets there. This response shows that he completely understands what the future holds, him on his own. The only way he is going to get used to that is if he starts refusing charity, because if he doesn't learn to live with the pain and accepts the charity, he will end up begging for the rest of his life.

Black Boy Second Response

Richard says that it is his cultural heritage to dislike jews, but while looking at his past experiences, it is almost like it was inevitable. I mean he has been hated for being a black, and he doesn't understand why because no one will tell him why. He has been beaten because his Grandma believes that fiction is the devil, yet Richard wants to read as much as possible. He just sometimes has to go with the flow to avoid getting in to more misfortunes. As well as being socially accepted goes, it goes hand in hand with why he would dislike jews.

Black Boy First Response

I think that the reason why Wright is so angry is actually a conglomerate of things piled on top of one and another. First off is when he was ordered to be quite by his mother, and end up burning the house down which results in a severe beating. Next is when he was playing with a kitten, and his father Nathan tells him to, “Kill that damn thing!” which Richard does promptly by hanging it, only to be punished again which makes Richard even angrier because he was only doing what he was told. And finally is when his father leaves him, and Richard finds any white family enjoying a meal as disgusting. All these events made Richard angry, but angry enough to do something about it, where 25 years later he is a successful man.

Richard Wright's review of Their Eyes were watching God

The Review that he made was extremely critical, but for a critic what can you expect. He stated that the only real thing going for the book was, and I quote, "Her dialogue manages to catch the psychological movements of the Negro folk-mind in their pure simplicity, but that's as far as it goes." And to go on further through the review, I continue to agree with him. Their Eyes Were Watching God is really a trivial book that could stand to be severely revamped. As a final thought he is a question I must ask, "But when will the Negro novelist of maturity, who knows how to tell a story convincingly -- which is Miss Hurston's cradle gift, come to grips with motive fiction and social document fiction?" That really makes me ask the smae questions, She knows how to tell the story, but the story itself must be more, robust.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Last Response

Throughout the entire book Janie has always been quick to talk, but during the trial, she almost refuses to talk. The Reason why I believe that is because she killed Tea Cake, and that is eating her up inside. She just can't believe that there was almost nothing that she could do about saving him, and it was her fault that Tea Cake got rabies at all. So her atonement, if you will, is her lack of speaking.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Seventh Response

"The wind came back with triple fury, and put out the light for the last time. They sat in company with the others in other shanties, their eyes straining against crude walls and their souls asking if He meant to measure their puny might against His. They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God."

When the hurricane is approaching, Janie, Tea Cake, and Motor boat are hiding in their house, waiting for the impending doom to hit them. What I believe the quote means is that they were putting their entire will into hoping that God would do something to spare them. So they waited and watched for God to do something, but the hurricane got closer and a massive flood headed there way, so the only option was to take their salvation into their own hands and take their eyes away from God.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Sixth Response

When they arrive in the Everglades, Janie is so quick to work beside Tea Cake because he was cutting work in the fields to be with Janie, and to avoid Tea Cake from doing that, she decides to work in the fields so that Tea Cake will not want to cut work, because she will be there. This is very different then the way she works with Logan and Jody, because they both force Janie to work, while Tea Cake does it in a way that Janie feels comfortable and accepting of wanting to work.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Third Response

Why does Janie care about the mule so much? I believe the reason why Janie cares about the mule so much is all about about similar experiences. Janie looks at this old mule and can't stand the fact that anyone would treat it so badly. Janie also has been through a lot in her life, on the terms of understanding how it feels to be prodded and teased so it is only natural that Janie would want to do something for the mule.
"They oughta be shamed uh theyselves! Teasin' dat poor brute beast lak they is! Done been worked tuh death; done had his disposition ruint wid mistreatment, and noe they got tuh finish devilin' 'im tuh death. Wisht Ah had mah way wid 'em all." pg 67.

Superbowl Ads

During the Super bowl are always the long awaited kings of commercials. Here the commercials are most anticipated because they are well known to be funny. Out of the commercials I watched last night, the two that stood out were from UPS and Bud Light. Both were funny in their own respective areas, but while looking at the three appeals, logic, emotion, and credibility, each had their own appeal that they were going for. The UPS commercial used logic to prove their point as against using giant pigeons to deliver packages that cause a massive disaster and attack the city, that you should use UPS, the better and safer service. Then The Bud Light commercial used emotion and logic by saying if you drink Bud Light, you can breathe fire, and since that would be something that anyone would love to have, but unfortunately that effect was too destructive so Bud Light no longer does that, but it is still obviously the best choice of beer to drink.

Their Eyes Were watching God Second Blog

The Last Paragraph of Chapter 4 was really moving to me, as early on in the book, the detail on the terms of nature was fantastic, and I expected it to be more in the book, and I was right. The Imagery sort of made me stop and think, it was a lot to take in, and I could almost feel as if I was right there, experiencing it all.