Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The Search For Zora Neal Hurston

Walker was able to use the settings and descriptions Hurston uses in her stories to help find Hurston's grave marker. One of the settings she used was the description of the five lakes that surround the town of Eatonville. It shows her the life of Hurston by seeing how and where she lived.

Friday, December 7, 2012

The Sadness of Janie

Janie feels blue because the idea of love she had was shattered. She believed love was brought to a person by marriage. Logan Killicks proved  her dreams wrong by her not loving him even though they were married for an extened period of time. Even now Janie is not completely happy with the marriage she is in with Joe Starks. She doesn't get her say in things no matter hyow hard she tries. She feels like she has failed her Nanny because she left her first husband, the one that was hand chosen for her.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Years of Questions and Answers

Janie will start to find new questions and answers of her life through-out the many years. Janie discovered she was brown when she thought she was white and the kids at the school made fun of her for being raised by the white family. The question still stands what will happen to her in the future? I think she will go through many more love interests before she can finally understand what love truly is. However, will she ever find the man to make her realize what love truly is