Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Hurston
When starting this novel by Hurston I had a lot of mixed feelings about it. I wasn't to sure if I liked it or not. I guess in a way I'm still not sure. Her writing style is some what hard to read because we don't talk the way she was writing. Overall though I really enjoyed this novel when reading all of it. I liked the way it starts with Janie talking to her friend Pheoby and then the whole novel is her story, but it brings you right back to her talking to Pheoby at the end. Towards the end I didn't want to put the novel down. I couldn't believe the storm that Janie and Tea Cake lived through and then I was shocked when he got bit by the dog and was sick. I wanted to keep reading to see what Janie was going to do and I was shocked when she shot him. I know she did it to protect herself and any other people who were in contact with Tea Cake, but at the same time I wanted him to get better and for them to live happily ever after. I guess thats just the type of person I am. Overall I think it's one of those books that you have to read the whole thing before you can decide weather or not you like it.
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I think Hurston's novel is quite hard to read, mainly because of the dialect shown throughout the readings. I really enjoyed reading this novel as well. I think for the first reading, it was ok to read but i agree that you may hav to read the whole thing in order to decide if it's something you like or not.
I agree with you as well at first I did not know what to think about this novel. It did become interesting towards the end though. I was also hoping that they would live happily every after and was disappointed when the didnt. It really shocked me though we she shot him I never thought she would have done such a thing.
I found the novel hard to read when dialogue was present. It was so heavy and confusing to figure out what people were saying. I did enjoy to plot of the novel, however. I was also upset when he died.
I agree with the assessment of needing to read it the whole way through. I thought I had Janie figured out and while some things remained the same she grew a lot as a person.
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