Compare and Contrast Essay- "Their Eyes Were Watching God" By: Alicia Gomez 1st Period English While the movie and the book of "Their Eyes Were Watching God" may be the same in the fact that they both tell the story of Janie and what she went through, they differ in the fact that the movie is much shorter and has fewer conflicts than the story. Both the story and the movie held the same details that occured in the story. Janie went through three marragies, and end the end she had to shoot her final husband Tea Cake. Janie was introduced to first husband, Logan, by her grandmother, which had already arranged that Janie was to marry him before she was to die. In neither the book nor the movie did Janie want to marry the old stranger, and she ended up leaving him for another guy, Jody Starks.
My babies always shriveled in her hands!’’ She claims that everytime Goody Osburn was a midwife, her babies would die in her hands therefore agreeing with Abigail on Osburn being a witch. Anne Putnam claims Goody Osburn is a witch yet is lacking evidence to support her claim. She does not have an explanation for her babies’ deaths so she blames Osburn for her misfortune with her deceased
| Janie experiences love for the first time. Janie loves Tea Cake even though he is not well-off like her previous husbands. She is prepared to do anything for him. | A hurricane devastates the Everglades. | Janie and Tea Cake manage to survive the deadly hurricane.
After the unfortunate death of Joe, she moves on to a relationship with Vergible Woods known as “Tea Cake”, however Tea Cake is the man of her dreams who makes her feel loved and appreciated. The people of Eatonville become upset when she attends a picnic with Tea Cake. The town people still considers her as Mrs. Starks and was upset with her many outings accompanied by Tea Cake. Pheoby attempts to warn her of Tea Cake in belief that he was only after her money left by her late husband. In spite of the situation Janie marries Tea Cake in Jacksonville, Florida.
In the time of the Great Depression people relied on dreams to keep themselves going and because Candy had lost his dog, he now believes this is a new venture and now completely revives his spirit. Finally, Candy shows the view of women in that period. In the time of 1930‟s America, women were not valued in society and were only seen as housewives or easy sex. Candy‟s view on Curley‟s Wife represents exactly these views as he first says to George that „I think Curley‟s married a … tart.‟ This shows the view that Curley‟s Wife is flirtatious and is seen as easy sex. Candy views Curley‟s Wife as inferior and is shown in Crooks‟ room when he says „you let this guy alone, don‟t you do no messin‟ with him,‟ this shows his view the Curley‟s Wife is a tart because when he says „messin‟ around‟ he means flirting which justifys his view on Curley‟s Wife.
Outside Reading Form/Structure Plot: Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, dances around Janie Crawford’s endeavor to aspire to her dreams and pursue happiness in her life. The novel is a narration of Janie Crawford’s progression through life, with the use of extended flashbacks presented through friend Pheoby and is organized in a timely matter. Although the beginning starts off with Janie being old and stuff, the next pages goes back to Janie’s life from where she was born and how she got to the place she was sitting now. The novel focuses on Janie’s relationships and thoughts as she travels in the search for love, freedom and happiness. The novel begins when Janie starts to tell her life story to her best friend
Whereas logan killicks treats her as if she was a farm animal and Jody does not let her interact with the outside world. Tea Cake makes Janie feel wanted by communicating and playing with her. Instead of making Janie miserable, Tea cake provides love and comfort by letting her express herself. Zora Hurston put this novel perfectly, love is an intense feel of deep affection. To love someone, one must let that person be who they truly are and love will come natural.
It was a peaceful day at the ranch, that is until Curley’s Wife’s life was tragically ended. Who is really the most responsible for her death in the novel Of Mice and Men? Curley’s Wife is most at blame for her own death because she knew what Lennie was capable of doing to living things and she got a clear warning from him. Curley’s Wife knew perfectly well what Lennie was capable of. Curley’s Wife says, “Well, Curley got his arm in a sling an’ if Curley gets tough, you can break his other han’.
“You mean to say you don’t know?” said Miss Baker… “I thought everybody knew.” “I don’t.” “Why ——” she said hesitantly, “Tom’s got some woman in New York.”… (Fitzgerald) . And the conversation between Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy also demonstrates this when Daisy and Gatsby are telling Tom that Daisy does not love him and is leaving him, on pages 129-133: “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out. . .
Tracy Jiang Reader's Workshop Their Eyes Were Watching God Self-Designed Assessment (Based on an AP Question) Janie's Evolution Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God begins with the development of Janie, whose self discovery is the foundation of the plot. Hurston utilizes the course of three marriages to detail Janie's discovery, creating examples of outward conformity in conflict with inward desire. Janie's submission to her second husband, Jody Starks, combines with her inward opposition to contribute to the ultimate realization of herself as a free woman who needs to be at peace with her own actions. Through conforming to Jody's commands, Janie loses her sense of self and develops inner turmoil. Hurston uses Janie's long, beautiful hair to represent Janie's pride and essence.