I really enjoyed reading Their Eyes were Watching God. It was a really good novel and a lot of the time I didn't want to put it down! It was interesting to see the growth of Janie throughout the novel.
In the beginning the men had complete control over her and she just took it. With her first two marriages being totally wrong for her, she grew and learned from them. She just wasn't satified with either situation and I don't blame her. She is very independent and didn't want to be treated as dirt or even a trophy wife; she's better than that.
I could not believe how her marriage with Tea Cake ended. It was interesting though because both the marriage with Tea Cake and Joe ended the same...in a way. Both of them became sick, slept in different rooms from each other, and both passed away in the end. What I did not get was WHY didn't Janie communicate with either of them, especially Tea Cake. He even asked her on page 183 why she wouldn't sleep in the same room. Even though he was sick and saying things he never would have said before, she should have said something. I was surprised to read that Janie had shot Tea Cake though!! I was not expecting that at all. But really, that just shows the amount of strength and her growth from the beginning.
Overall, I really enjoyed this novel by Zora Neale Hurston and I'm glad we ended the semester with this novel!
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I enjoyed this novel as well. There where moments when I could not put the book down. I was also shocked by the way the book ended. At first I couldn't believe that Janie actually shot Tea Cake, but then I thought about the situation a little more and realized that if she did'nt shoot him, he probably would have shot her.
I didn't even realize that parallel between the ends of her marriages until you brought it up! That's very insightful. Luckily, they did not end the same way emotionally, and Janie did indeed have the opportunity to experience true love at one point during her life.
The character that is portrayed in the end of the book is so unlike that in the begining. It almost seems like a different person. I like the road that she has traveled and every experience has made her stronger.
It was a mostly enjoyable novel with memorable characters and situations. A surprise ending with the grisly details that set in, kind of a surreal way of getting rabies when you think about it.
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