1)the pear tree is the symbol of jamies voice throughout the novel. she confuses happiness with romance so she is constantly in relationships with men. we understand as readers that jamie isnt going to discover happiness through marrage.
2) Chapter 3 talks about the marrage between janie and logan. she talks to her grandma about him and she wants to whoop him . and she realises that she has no choice but to love him since she is married to him. trying to find love and happiness.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
3/4 activity
1. three most important notes learned from the radio show:
1)talk about her starting her career "In 1937, for a black woman writer not yet that well known, to take the oldest literary form and rewrite the quester as a 16-year-old black girl. This was an absolutely wild thing to do."
2)they talk a lot about the power of the language or the way they speak. "people think that we're ignorant and backward because we sound this way, they obviously don't know our history, and why we sound this way."she helps you to understand and to see the people whose voices that are in the novel.
3) they then talk about her history, "Her history, her past, has been an uphill battle to survive and to find herself and to keep herself intact."
2. Share Zora Neale Hurston Info:
Grew up in Eatonville, an all black town. Put out of her house on November 16th, and was accepted by Lippincott that same day.
1)talk about her starting her career "In 1937, for a black woman writer not yet that well known, to take the oldest literary form and rewrite the quester as a 16-year-old black girl. This was an absolutely wild thing to do."
2)they talk a lot about the power of the language or the way they speak. "people think that we're ignorant and backward because we sound this way, they obviously don't know our history, and why we sound this way."she helps you to understand and to see the people whose voices that are in the novel.
3) they then talk about her history, "Her history, her past, has been an uphill battle to survive and to find herself and to keep herself intact."
2. Share Zora Neale Hurston Info:
Grew up in Eatonville, an all black town. Put out of her house on November 16th, and was accepted by Lippincott that same day.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
3/2 Assigment:
1. Why is it important to know something about the author of a story before you begin reading it? What does it help you do? What does it help you understand?
ANSWER: so you can have a better understanding about what the author has been through and maybe why he/she is writting about what hteir writting about.
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA:Born in Notasulga, Alabama. grew up in Florida.
attended Howard University while working as a manicurist.
MAJOR WRITINGS and BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
there eyes were watching god-daughter of x slave and her three husbands. set in a black community in rural Florida.
dust tracks on a road- account of her life, impoverished childhood, and her position as one of the major figures in the Harlem Renaissance
AWARDS and HONORS:Rosenwald Foundation Fellowship,Guggenheim Fellowship, Honorary Doctorate,Morgan State College, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award,Distinguished Alumni Award, Howard University,
Education and Human Relations Award, Bethune-Bookman College
TYPICAL SUBJECT MATTER/THEMES:
racism, black culture, black community, slavery
POPULARITY and CRITICISM:Zora Neale Hurston's popularity waned,
ANSWER: so you can have a better understanding about what the author has been through and maybe why he/she is writting about what hteir writting about.
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA:Born in Notasulga, Alabama. grew up in Florida.
attended Howard University while working as a manicurist.
MAJOR WRITINGS and BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
there eyes were watching god-daughter of x slave and her three husbands. set in a black community in rural Florida.
dust tracks on a road- account of her life, impoverished childhood, and her position as one of the major figures in the Harlem Renaissance
AWARDS and HONORS:Rosenwald Foundation Fellowship,Guggenheim Fellowship, Honorary Doctorate,Morgan State College, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award,Distinguished Alumni Award, Howard University,
Education and Human Relations Award, Bethune-Bookman College
TYPICAL SUBJECT MATTER/THEMES:
racism, black culture, black community, slavery
POPULARITY and CRITICISM:Zora Neale Hurston's popularity waned,
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