Chapters
19 and 20
Test on Wednesday!!
Guest from Quinn on Monday
REREAD CHAPTER 20!!!!
Was this a feminist novel or not?
What were we supposed to learn from Janie’s story
General Reactions to the end-
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Ended and rapped up nicely
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“soul crawled in to meet her”
o
finally accepted herself by herself, no need for
anyone else
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Totally forgot that it was framed
How did her spirituality evolve?
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She finally accepted who she was
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Janie accepts that death is inevitable
o
Maturity evolves—asks WHY does it happen?
How did God/Death try to punish them for seeing?
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Eyes were open, they died with their eyes open
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Inappropriate respect for God and Death
o
Tried to find too many answers
o
Tower of Babble.
Gossip Motif
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Janie doesn’t want people gossiping and talking
about her even though she has evolved.
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“Their tongues were cocked and loaded, the only
real weapon left to weak folks” (186).
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“It was not death she feared. It was
misunderstanding” (188).
Quotations
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“God made it so you spent yo ole age first wid
somebody else, and saved up yo young girl days to spend wid me” (181).
o
Hurston’s view on youth?-
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A mindset- age/youth is dependent on who you are
with
Debate Time!
Feminist Side-
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Not common for women to stand up for themselves
during the time period
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She outlives all of her husbands and virtually
have no faults except for her beauty.
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Stands up for herself against Logan (pg 31) and
against Jody (pg 79).
o
“When you pull down yo britches you look like da
change of life”
Non Feminist Side-
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She only wore blue because TC liked her in it
o
Identity changes every time she has a new
realationship
o
Depends on a man to identify herself
o
Goes with the flow- male voice
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Janie was never on a lower then men, never
higher then men.
o
She thought she was equal but no she never
really was
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TC beat her up, never raised her hand against
him
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Pg 71- men have to speak for women because they
have no brain
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TC posses Jaine- got her from a house- uses
possessive diction
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Was originally hiding from Jody, had to crawl
away from him
o
Abuse
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Relationship with TC was more detrimental than
reviving.
Questions
How would a woman’s dreams be attained if it was not a
feminist novel?
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Women’s dreams change with surroundings and she
must conform,
o
She must shoot her dream (TC), relies on other
people for happiness
If Janie had such a voice in her marriage why would she run
away?
End Debate
3 Minute Supplemental Teaching
Page 193 last 4 sentences- allusion to Hindu Indra’s Net
Process of reflection is infinite.
Interconnectedness of all things
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When any jewel is touched, so is every other
jewel in the net- the brightening of one jewel brightens all other jewels
However, there is a lack of individuality-
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Every node or individual reflects the
surrounding nodes or individuals – represents mirror like nature of mind.
