Stranger: Journal 4

Sun

"We were out of breath; the truck was bumping around [....] cloud of dust and sun." (Camus 26) The feeling and image of them being tired through the darkness from the dust in the clouds and maybe peeks of sunlight as hope.

"Once out in the street, because I [...] bright with sun, hit me like a slap in the face."(Camus 47) In way it's saying that he's behind, as the sunlight has already begun to rise, he was still in bed.


"The sun was shining [...] and the glare onto the water was unbearable" (Camus 52). The idea of disagreement towards Meursault.

"I wanted [...] to escape the sun" (Camus 57). The symbolism of the sun gives Meursault the feeling of wanting to escaping the light.

Journal 3

Donnism


1. Buddhism plays an important role in human life.
2. They show us how to live a perfect life.
3. They keep contact with people through prayer
4. Keeping control of your life is the main idea of
Donnism, not letting your life be control by others.
5. Using logical and reasoning to solve problems,
and answer any questions.
6. Your surroundings shape who you are, so as long
as you choose wisely of who your around with, it will
shape your future.
7. People need to learn how to clear their mind, and
not worry about what's going on, that way you may
live happily. Don't worry about stuff that doesn't
relate to you.

Stranger: Journal 2

Meursault's actions is slow and steadily as if he doesn't belong. He isn't interacting with society. It seems like everything he does is against a the ideas of a normal person and he always end up saying sorry. This distant feeling for Mersault helps create a protagonist that you feel bad for him because he's always apologizing. Like he doesn't mean to do it or affect others.

Stranger: Journal 1

The first passage ( with the part one ) compared to the other one is more passive. He uses phrases which polite and he addresses the specific person or place that it is referring to, such as "Mother" and Home for Aged Persons.'' While the other passage shows aggressiveness and impolite language. Such as him calling others "Maman", "old people's home". These examples all show the difference in the language of each narrator. The difference in how the express one idea using a different tone or language.

The Structure: Journal 9

A lot of stories that had been created out there has this structure of having the end tie to the beginning. As almost having the whole story be a big circle and ending where everything started. The way Zora Neale Hurston created her structure by having in the begining the reference to those characters who we didn't have a main idea or reason of why they are in appearance, having everything be a blur to them. Leaving the characters wondering about who they are. This resembence between the begining and the end also creates a sence of and end to the story, if it was a happy ever after kinda ending or an ending where a lesson is taught throughtout the novel.

The Significance of the Title: Journal 8

The significance of the title portrays its strong meaning. The relationship between the title and the characters is how within the title it reveals the feeling of hope. Their eyes were always watching god, hoping for the best. But as it is shown, Hurtson uses the word "were" to show that they did, but stopped the thought of hope and began to think differently or that the idea of hope is to farfetched for them to reach. This idea of hope is how they think that things can turn out all right but soon realizes that its not in the their hands, it's totaly not in their control.

Mrs. Turner: Journal 7

Mrs. Turner always talk about how evil black people are. There is a relationship between her thoughts, feelings of her husband and the black people. Therefore her relationship with Mr. Turner effects the outcome of her characters actions and thoughts. She argues that blacks are foolish and lazy just the same thoughts she has for her husband. Now her relationship contrasts and foils with the relationship of Tea Cakes and Janies. That is because while Mrs. Turners relationship is dull and boring, where she distrust and hates her own husband. Janies relationship on the other hand is full of happiness and trust towards one another, they can't go through the day without seeing each other.

Figurative Language: Journal 6

- Pg 119- Repetition
- “ […] shabby room in a shabby house in a shabby street […]”
- Zora Neale Hurston uses this technique to stress out the idea, or the image of a raggedy and old place. Which fitted into this time, how homes and the society looked like. She wanted the reader to become part of the novel and see how thing looked liked.

- Pg 120
- Alliteration
- “[…] she woke up in time to see the sun sending up spies […]”
- This was taken place while it was dark outside, and Tea Cake had left playing his guitar. So the “s” sound that was used to show the feeling of mystery and a scary feeling. Because beyond that quote, it talks about how she had someone playing the guitar, and not knowing who it was. So she slowly went to see who it was.

- Pg 128
- Personification
- “ So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.”
- The effect of giving Janie this thought of her soul being alive is to show how much feeling she has. Usually when something is to full it would overflow, so in this case Janie is full of love that her soul are to crawl out. The part of where its crawling out of its hiding place, also shows the idea of how Janie had never felt love in such a strong way, it has always been hiding and now she’s able to experience this overflow feeling of love.

Janie's Change

Just like the quote that was mentioned in class today, for some it may be different but for me that quote symbolises her change. Showing how she isn't held back by anything anymore or is she being controlled by others, making her a lot more independent. Giving her the freedom to create her own decisions and beliefs. Also giving her the power to decide on how she wants to live life, her growth of becoming who she wants to be.

Janie's Motivation

The thing that motivates Janie is that ability to experience something. The ability to learn more from event within the past. The thing that pushes her to go so far, and willing continue is the thrived by the desire to experience and learn. As she was held back, as if tied up my problems and the held back by the past, with the help of Tea Cake, she's finally able to step out and free herself from everything and live the life that she always wanted.

Rewriting Of A Passage

So James started to wish for time. Time, that loose like being with the steady hands who moved in silence. The wise one who moved in a raggedy path like a way without a road to it, and without a sense of direction. What expectation has time for a title, and what sun may shine on him? He hovers over the mountains that overlooks the world. Stands watchful and motionless every day whit his weapon drawn back, waiting for the messenger to bid him come. Been sitting there before there was a where or a when or a then. She was responsible to obtain an antidote from his wings lying in her field any minute now. She was depressed and frightened too. Poor Ana! He has to not have to fight in there alone. She sent Marcus in to recommend a visit, but Ana shouted no! These technical workers was somewhat good with the amazing illness. But they weren't aware of problems like his. He'd be just fine as soon as the twin headed beast finds what has been hidden from him. He isn't going to leave at all. That was what he figured. But Marcus told her something else, so she knew. And then if he hadn't, the next day she would have figured it out, for people started to recruit in the giant plains out in the fields. People who didn't dare to foot the place before crept in and did not come to the field. Just sat under the trees and waited. Rumor, that earless dogs, roam through the fields.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: 5 Literary Techniques

-Pg 26
-Symbol
-“If you can stand not to chop and tote wood Ah reckon you can stand not to git no dinner.”
-Just like the quote right before this, it represents how hard headed and stiff the both of them are. How neither Janie or Killicks would agree and cooperate with one another.

-Pg 27
-Imagery
-“Logan held his wad of tobacco real still in his jaw like a thermometer of his feelings while he studied Janie’s face and waited for her to say something.”
-This device was used to express how Logan was like holding a thermometer, not knowing whether the outcome would be good or bad. But also he is expecting a response from Janie while he’s observing her face.

-Pg 29
-Simile
-“Janie, if you think Ah aims to tole you off and make a dog outa you, youse wrong. Ah wants to make a wife outa you.”
-Janie is being compared to an animal, because the author is trying to show that Janie is not wanted to be taken away and be treated horrible as if she was a dog. But she is wanted to become the wife of Joe Crawford

-Pg 31
-Hyperbole
-“The sun from ambush was threatening the world with red daggers”
-He is explaining how hot it was outside yet, Zora Neake Hurston use this device to make the setting and the situation more dramatic. From the use of it, it lets us feel and imagine how he felt in that intense heat.

-Pg 32
-Metaphor
-“The morning air was like a new dress.”
-A dress is silky smooth and soft, so in this scene this device is used to show the texture, and the image of the soft wind.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Journal 2

The setting affects the perspective of which you see the novel in. It sets you in this time period, and lets you know how thing were like and what the situation was like. With that it lets you see the story in a totally different perspective. In this novel, the setting lets you know that it's during the time period of slavery in the south. Which gave all the characters the thought of what it was like to be free. With that thought, it led to Janie's grandmother decision on Janie's marriage. Her grandmother would have never imagine her marrying a reverend like Logan. But her grandmother knew that he was able to provide her with food and shelter and with that thought, she wanted Janie to marry him. But not a single thought of love was in this marriage, only survival. Along with that affect of the setting, it also gives that feeling of that belief of equality, brightness, freedom, as the sky would clear up and everything would be calm.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Journal 1

The narration differs from the dialect in a way that’s how African Americans spoke, which had slang and misspelled words. While the novel itself is being told in a more modern way, which gave it that contrast between the two. The effect of the use of a different dialect shows and expresses the time period and culture of the characters. Due to this kind of dialect, the reader is also required to think a bit more while reading the novel which lets you focus in on it. It also gives the feeling of realism to the story, because of the dialect. It lets you understand what the situation is like and how they felt from the style of language.