Thesis Statement

Throughout the book, Janie encounters many different issues and situations with other men that continue to conflict with her plans on finding the perfect husband to get old with.

Reading Summary

As the chapter begins, Janie sits in the store and waits for an possible customer but assumes there will be none since there is a big game in town. To her suprise a man named Mr. Woods enters the store and makes himself right at home. Throughout the chapter Mr. Woods continues to visit Janie, and also makes an effort every time he comes to be even more flirtatious. The towns people begin to question why Janie is hanging around this man and why she is dressing the way she is. Janie claims that she is wearing such vibrant colors because she is no longer mourning the death of Joe, and Mr. Woods also wants her to wear these things because he believes she looks good in them. After lots of talking and numerous instances with Joe, Janie announces to Pheoby that she is going to get married to Mr. Woods. Pheoby questions this decision but dosn't hold Janie back. And little does Janie know that she is in for a big suprise about the kind of person Mr. Woods really is.

Reading Summary

At the end of chapter Janie decides to thrust herself into a conversation for the first time. Considering that almost everyone is telling her that she is an orally good speaker, Janie decides to take that to heart and follow what they have to say. Janie sticks up for herself and other when Starks says that there is no place for a woman. Janie lashes back by saying things such as that men don't know half as much and their place in this world is much different that a womans. She also says that woman do many other things different from men which makes them the way they are. Starks ends the conversation by telling Janie to go fetch his checkers and checker board. The argument and suprise of Janie's outrage are truly outlined in this coversation made by Starks and Janie.

Quotation Responses

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston


1.)
This quote reveals the true difference between woman and men. Men are seen by Hurston as either letting time surpass thier dreams and be forgotton, or, their dreams reached or almost achieved. As for woman, Hurston sees them as only remembering the realistic dreams and forgetting the unreachable ones. Woman are also seen as following the truth and only the truth to Hurston. The statement made sugests that woman act and do things accordingly because of this element of only following the truth. Men are not seen this way in Hurston's eyes and later in the chapter this way of only following the truth is shown to the reader.


2.)
The quote here suggests a different type of marrige, but comparison to the attributes that Janie thinks a marrige should have. The quote uses much imagery which helps emphasize the beauty of example. In this case the example made is a bee who marrys a blossom underneath the tree. When Janie sees this she truly believes that that is what a marrige should not only be like but look like. This quote is significant because later in the story Janie finds out from the others what to really expect from marrige and what kinds of troubles it can bring. When she learns this her opinion on marrige slightly alters from what she had previously percieved it as.

Quotation Responses

Huckleberry Finn


1.) "Dry up! I don't want to hear no more out of you!...G'long to bed, and don't you deffersit me no more deffersits, long's you live!"

The significance of this quote by Duke is to show the disgust that Duck and the King have for eachother after losing track of Huck after his escape. Duke and the King begin to drink heavly to forget about not only losing Huck, but the con men as well. The quotation reveals the downfall in emotion of the two and somewhat shows some hope for Huck's escape. Although it does not seem imminate, Huck knows that their will be no true way of escaping this trouble. As for Duke and the King, the frustration can be seen as it continues to grow, showing a possible future for the emotions that might be set between the two later in the story.


2.) "I set up a shout-and the another-and then another one; and run this way and that in the woods, whooping and screeching; but it warn't no use-old Jim was gone. The I sat down and cried; I couldn't help it."

The importance behind this quote is to truly show the emotions that are running through Huck with all the stress and choices that he needs to make. This part of the story is the beginning of Huck's true innner struggle. This struggle all begins when Huck comes back to fine that Jim has been taken and their efforts to keep him from reaching slavery has failed. This is mainly what causes him to outbreak in tears. The choices that meet Huck at this crossroads include whether he should tell what has become of Jim to Miss Watson or attempt to help Jim escape. This emotional struggle that Huck must deal with is one of the major factors that influences his decisions made later in the story.

Quotation Responses

Huckleberry Finn


1.) "There was trouble 'bout something, and then a lawsuit to settle it; and the suit went agin one of the men, and so he up and shot the man that won the suit-which he would natuarally do, of course."

The importance behind this quote coming from Buck is to help the reader have a understanding of why this shooting took place. It also aids in points of the concept of revenge. In this case Buck is trying to get Huck to understand the meaning of a feud and why this man was killed. A feud is illistrated by Buck as a quarrel with another man, so the man ends up being killed because of this. Buck says to Huck that the only way to end this feud is to kill off everyone involved so the the feud comes to an end. Buck explains this to Huck to help his understanding of why this man was killed so that it would no longer need to be debated.


2.) "He nearly cried he was so glad, but he warn't surprised. Said he swum along behind me that night, and heard me yell every time, but dasn't answer, because he didn't want nobody to pick him up and take him into slavery again."

The significance of this quote is that it reveals the inner struggle between Huck and Jim. Not only does it show Jim's devotion to staying with Huck, but it also shows Jim's thoughts. Jim was not suprised to see Huck because he knew that Huck would stay loyal to him knowing that he didn't want Jim to fall into the hands of Slavery. As far as the inner struggle goes, the quote shows the determination by Jim to avoid being captured and also shows what Jim and Huck have to go through in order to keep seeing eachother.

Emily Dickinson Question Response

Would you label Dickinson as a transcendentalist? Why or why not?


If I were to determine whether Emily Dickinson was a transcendentalist, I would say that she is not. There are many examples in her writtings that reveal that she truly does not follow the ideas of Emerson of Thoreau. Dickinson shows us this in her poem "In Shadow" when she says, "I dared not meet the daffodils, for fear their yellow gown would pierce me with a fashion so foreign to my own." This quotation taken from this poem shows that Dickinson is not a big fan of nature. This idea of disliking nature totally conflicts with the transcendentalist ideas that enforce nature. These ideas of Emerson and Thoreau want the individual to escape from society by going out into nature so that they may find themselves as well as discover their own beliefs. Dickinson also shows this in her 31st poem she writes when she says, "This is my letter to the world, that never wrote to me, the simple news that nature told, with tender majesty." This quotation states that although the world has seen what nature brings, Dickinson has never became involved in what nature has to share.