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Quote 2

•"Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches."

- Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Ch. 2

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*How does Hurston's use of her own personal style strengthen and memorialize this quote from the book? In other words, if someone else had written these words in a different style/personality, what would change - whether big or small - what would change?

I feel that the if someone else were to right this I would definitely feel different about what is said. The style and personality would be a different relation. It would be a small change for me I think.

*In your own opinion, do you find this quote powerful? Why or why not?

I think that this quote is powerful because Janie is basing her life about a tree. I was able to understand this quote so well. I got an instant feeling of Empathy I could just feel what she was feeling. I related to this so well, I had been able to picture what Janie was feeling with her relation to her life and the tree. Love this quote I have strong emotion to the Author diction.

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*What does this quote tell you about the character, situation, and/or setting being spoken of?

I think that this quote is relating Janie to a tree. She has suffered a lot but she continues her day and keeps going not letting the pain kill her at once. She still enjoys the little things in her life. She knows what she has done and what she hasn't, this is good and bad at once. She knows she will live until tomorrow and to see another day. But just because it is another day where the sun shines. She knows already what she will face. And that is the suffrage.

*How does the diction (word choice) in this quote impact you personally? How does it make you feel?

This makes me feel peaceful because trees make me feel peaceful. They are apart of nature and nature is beautiful. But it also makes me feel bothered because she sees her life as a tree. Now nature is important and apart of each of us. But it bothers me that she already knows that she will have the same day everyday as a slave.

*What image does this quote bring to your mind?

I thought of a tree that is free but then again not free because it is implanted in the ground. This then made me think of why Janie relates her life to a tree. Trees can breath the air and feel the wind just like Janie can but both are stuck and have to relive the same day. Trees stand still and watch the sun go down and dusk arrive. Same with Janie because she is on a plantation everyday. This image is great, because it has a heart which makes it more real to actually be Janie.

Quote 3

"He could be a bee to a blossom - a pear tree blossom in the spring. He seemed to be crushing scent out of the world with his footsteps. Crushing aromatic herbs with every step he took. Spices hung about him. He was a glance from God."

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*What does this quote tell you about the character, situation, and/or setting being spoken of?

This quote seems like a girl is explaining her crush. Admiring this person as she slowly watches how graceful they are. She is relating him to things that are beautiful. So he must be a real good-looking man.

*How does the diction (word choice) in this quote impact you personally? How does it make you feel?

It doesn't have such an impact on me just because I have not had a crush on someone in over 2 years. I haven't felt a certain way about someone in a long time. I could not remember the feelings when I did like someone. My last relationship was pretty rough so I tried my hardest to forget about my feelings toward him. It just made me feel a little interested because of the way she explained just how good looking he was to her.

Quote 4

•"They huddled closer and stared at the door. They just didn't use another part of their bodies, and they didn't look at anything but the door. The time was past for asking the white folks what to look for through that door. Six eyes were questioning God."

- Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Ch. 18

*What does this quote tell you about the character, situation, and/or setting being spoken of?

It tells me that the characters in this scene are either hiding from someone (Like their Master) or in their home and behind a closed door watching what is behind it. I feel that these characters that are behind this door are scared of what is behind it because they do not dare to open it.

*How does the diction (word choice) in this quote impact you personally? How does it make you feel?

It makes me feel a little frightened. Because these characters could die if whatever is behind the door was dangerous. I can easily place myself in their shoes and cheer for them to keep looking out the door and not to open it.

*What image does this quote bring to your mind?

What I imagine is people in a dark room behind a door and all you can see are people eyes. Their eyes are lit up because of how dark it is in the room. No ones dares to open the door and the darkness makes the setting more creepy.

*How does Hurston's use of her own personal style strengthen and memorialize this quote from the book? In other words, if someone else had written these words in a different style/personality, what would change - whether big or small - what would change?

I think that her diction was able to move me differently where other author would tell me what would happen next in the quote and I wouldn't feel as frightened. Finding out about what would happen next. Hurston doesn't give me another thought in this quote and I like that because it is a cliff hanger for me. Anything could happen.

*In your own opinion, do you find this quote powerful? Why or why not?

I think this quote is important because it would be the next scene in the story. I want to find out what happens next. This is good because if I was reading the book. I would want to read more than just that quote. This quote leads to the next chapter of the story and interesting part.

My Thoughts

*What image does this quote bring to your mind?

This image that came to mind was a beautiful man. So good looking that my eyes just could not stop starring. And the way she was explaining it wasn't something that an average person would say. So it made me think of someone who looks to kind, and warm, peaceful. Like nature he is related too.

•"You know, honey, us colored folks is branches without roots and that makes things come round in queer ways. You in particular. Ah was born back due in slavery so it wasn't for me to fulfill my dreams of whut a woman oughta be and to do."

- Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Ch. 2

*How does Hurston's use of her own personal style strengthen and memorialize this quote from the book? In other words, if someone else had written these words in a different style/personality, what would change - whether big or small - what would change?

I think that she wrote the relation between the man and the nature very well. It made me picture a man that looks one with nature. With a beard and just very attractive. She made the relation between the man sound like he was a natural beauty. He was definitely an eye candy.

*In your own opinion, do you find this quote powerful? Why or why not?

I do because she obviously likes this man enough to catch he attention. This gives the reader an idea that she has an appeal to this person.

My thoughts on this assignment are that this assignment took a lot of thought. I had to relate myself a lot of the time to these quotes. I liked this assignment it made me understand what the author's taste was. I like how this story is from such real events. Each quote was like a new story. This assignment was very fun.

Reflections on Quote

This quote made me picture the image of a young girl capable of so much more as a human being. But because of her color she was born into being a slave. This was the saddest picture up above that could relate to my thoughts.

*What does this quote tell you about the character, situation, and/or setting being spoken of?

The character that is talking must be the mother or gaurdian of the child she is speaking to. I can tell by the way the diction is set up. "You know, honey us colored folks is branches without roots and that makes things come round in queer ways." Now from what is being said I think that what she is trying to say is that because the time that she was born. She could not choose the path she wanted to become the person she wanted to. She was born into being a slave.

*How does the diction (word choice) in this quote impact you personally? How does it make you feel?

This quote actually makes me feel disturbed and sad at the same time. I am disturbed because she was not asked to be born. And she knows that she is capable of much more as an African American women. And being a slave when she wants to do more with her mind, What a waste of a good mind. I am also sad because how could her mother be okay with having her around that time. If I was a Black woman back around the slavery times, I would not have any children. And that is because I wouldn't want to put someone else through being owned by someone else (Master). And especially my own blood. I wouldn't be able to handle someone else putting my child through pain.

*How does Hurston's use of her own personal style strengthen and memorialize this quote from the book? In other words, if someone else had written these words in a different style/personality, what would change - whether big or small - what would change?

I think if someone else were to rewrite this quote it would make me feel a different way. Because this is an actual event that has happened and someone actually had to live what happened. It wouldn't be the same for me if an other author made this up.

*In your own opinion, do you find this quote powerful? Why or why not?

I do think that this quote is powerful because it has a lot of feeling in it. It caught my eye and as soon as I read it. It made me feel a type of way. Sad, disturbed and angry all at once. I feel it is powerful because I understood it and I was able to place myself in their shoes and feel sympathy.

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By: Bianca Santos

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