Overall I've really enjoyed reading Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Hurston. While reading it I really got into the character of Janie and I really wanted to keep reading to find out how her life was going to turn out. Throughout the novel there were many times when I felt bad for Janie. I felt bad for her that she had two marriages that weren't good at all. In fact they were really bad. Then when she final does have a good marriage she ends up having to shoot her husband because of his illness. I understand that Janie had to shoot her husband for protection, but the novel seems to make it sound like Janie gets bit by Tea Cake before he dies. Does this mean that Janie is going to get sick the way Tea Cake was. On page 184 it says "Tea Cake crumpled as his bullet buried itself in the joist over Janie's head. Janie save the look on his face and leaped forward as he crashed forward in her arms. She was trying to hover him as he closed his teeth in the flesh of her forearm. They came down heavily like that. Janie struggled to a sitting position and pried the dead Tea Cake's teeth from her arm". This makes me wonder what is going to happen to Janie. I guess since she knows what her husbands illness was she will be able to take the medication and she won't have to worry about being the way Tea Cake was when he was sick.
Overall Hurston is a very interesting writer and I enjoyed this novel.
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I felt the same about janie i wanted i keep reading to seee what happened to her. I liked janie in the end of the book becuse i think that she finally became herself a strong women. I was confused about that part to i dont know if it is saying that she actually got bite or if she just got what he had. I think that she had got what he had but she can take medicine to get better. I kind of felt bad that the man that she finally found herself with she had to kill.
I definately agree. I enjoyed this story and Janie's character. At frist I wasn't sure if I was going to like story, but as I read further and learned more about Janie, she grabbed my attention. I think Janie character has many levels, which was what was so interesting. Janie went from being a wife who did as she was told and did not stick up for herself, to marrying Tea Cake who allowed her to be the woman she wanted to be. I enjoyed following her character throughout the story to see where life was going to take her next!
I really enjoyed reading this novel as well!! I agree, I kept reading just to see what was going to happen with Janie. I admired her independence throughout the novel but I did not like how when something bothered her, she didnt really communicate. In a way though I dont really blame her because in her other marriages, she never was really given that chance!
The whole biting thing was weird. I wonder what will come of that as well. It was just interesting to see that she did that in a way to end his suffering.
But like you, i really enjoyed this novel as well! Hurston had a really interesting way of writing.
This novel was by far my favorite novel that we have had to read for class. I see your point when you mention how at some points in the novel you felt bad for Janie. I never really felt bad for Janie excpet for the ironic twist of losing the only thing that really mattered to her- Tea Cake.
I definitely have a sense of understanding for the relationship you described yourself as having with Janie. I, too, felt that connection with her, and I feel like a lot of the same feelings towards Janie. I spent basically the entire novel feeling like I was Phoeby, listening to Janie telling her story. I wanted to give feedback, too!
I felt bad for all that Janie had to go through as well. It was just one thing after the other and finally in the end the one may she is truly in love with she has to kill. However, she ends up getting bit by him as he dies so will she get the same illness and die as well or will she be cured in time? I wish we could find this out but guess it is up to our imaginations.
I too sympathized with Janie and her awful relationships. I wonder why she didn't just leave Joe/Jody the way she left Logan, without a word. I mean, I wouldn't have stayed with him that long due to his controlling personality. It's sad to think how much time Janie wasted being with Joe in Eatonville.
I dont know either how it is intended. Maybe it is symbolic. The bite bieng a portion of Tea Cake that will never leave her or something like that :) . I really didnt like that she had to kill him at the end, but it acted as her release and last obsticle in her road to freedom.
I dont know either how it is intended. Maybe it is symbolic. The bite bieng a portion of Tea Cake that will never leave her or something like that :) . I really didnt like that she had to kill him at the end, but it acted as her release and last obsticle in her road to freedom.
Yes I was very surprised by the severity of the ending. The cow, the dog, the disease were all very unexpected for me, but the very end was great.
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