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.