Julie A. Haurykiewicz's Their Eyes Were Watching God

"I'll always wonder now, after hearing that, where they picked up Sister Leopolda. Perhaps she had scarred someone else, the way she left a mark on me" (Erdrich 45). Here, Marie offers more background on the convent and its reputation to be a place for nuns that have lost their minds. Next, Marie recalls her abusive relationship with Sister Leopolda and wonders if she harmed other children besides her. This line was significant to me because although Marie is recalling something traumatic, she demonstrates great courage to continue to the story of her time at the convent with the twisted character of Sister Leopolda.

In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, the long-lasting effects of slavery have taken a toll on Janie Crawford. Janie’s grandmother was raped by her master and had a child named Leafy. Leafy, although not born into slavery, endured a similar fate, which led her to run away, leaving her mother to raise her child, Janie. Janie’s appearance, showing strong European features, was both praised and shamed by society. This double standard was created by racism and was able to remain present due to segregation.

Unlike most of the townspeople, Janie’s friend, Pheoby Watson, meets with Janie. This meeting prompts Janie to tell Pheoby about her life story, beginning with her young years with her grandmother. Janie was raised by her previously enslaved grandmother, Nanny. She seems to be a controlling person despite her honest intentions of simply

In 1851, a recognized abolitionist, Sojourner Truth spoke to the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio that would be remembered for years following due to its startling bareness and authenticity. Truth spoke about the injustice and struggles she has gone through as not only a woman, but as a black woman. She used many anecdotes and religious references to convey and connect with her audience. In her speech, Ain’t I A Woman, Sojourner Truth utilizes rhetorical strategies, religious references, and forms of figurative language to connect with her audience effectively to assist in overcoming gender and race discrimination.

Church lady is similar to Silence Dogood because both are made up characters. Church lady is made by Dana Carvey who insults and ridicules everyone from celebrities to presidents. As for Silence Dogood this character is made by Benjamin Franklin. Also to makes fun such as the people of America and religious people and the abuse of women. Making the Church lady and Silence Dogood very alike as if time has not changed.

For example, when hooks (1994) writes “They almost always portrayed the poor as shiftless, mindless, lazy, dishonest and unworthy” (p. 484) she provokes an emotional response in her audience by using these undesirable labels. Another example is when she writes “…one crucial value that I had learned from Baba, my grandmother…” (p. 485). This was no doubt to have her audience relate emotionally about relationships within their own

As one can see in the speech given by Sojourner Truth in 1851, “Ain’t I a Woman”, she believes that women’s right and, even more specifically, African American women’s right are extremely important. In her speech presented in Akron, Ohio, she takes many points of her opponents and finds counterclaims to rebut them. She uses points such as how she has been treated compared to how other woman have been treated, the lack of intelligence the men assume she has, and she even poses the question of where Christ came from to rebut one of their points. While addressing these topics she uses a very clever strategy, of taking the arguments against her to make the point of how they would not be relevant. As the reader can see, Truth makes excellent points

The first female abolitionists fighting for women rights. Angelina Grimke , and her sister Sarah Grimke Joined the Female Anti- Slavery Society. During this time she wrote a pamphlet An Appel to the Christian Women of the South (1836) There lectures , and letters put them in the middle of The Women 's Rights Movement, Doing so she inspired Lucie Stone as well as Lucreitia Mott to take up the causes. Toghter they lectured to women, and man a behavior that was un heard of.

Amy Rowlandson demonstrates her belief in the concepts of total depravity and special providence throughout her work, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration. Rowlandson has many examples of Total Depravity in her text. Calvinists define total depravity, as humans are unable to act righteously without the help of God because of their inherently sinful nature. For example, at the end of “The Third Remove” a woman threatens to run away even though she is pregnant and the nearest town is almost thirty miles away. Rowlandson tries to console the women by reading scripture from her bible.

During the sixteen hundreds, a time where women were looked down upon in Spanish-American culture, two female, Christian authorities recorded their journey upon the path of Christ. Although they were similar in motivation and purpose, they held different positions in the eyes of the society. Juana Inés de la Cruz held the position of nun, while Ursula de Jesús was a donada, a version of nun that was of African or indigenous descent, but was considered to be inferior on the social ladder. Both women, however, were strongly oppressed throughout their lives, and this common disadvantage drove them both to similar conclusions and solutions about the hierarchies of the religious order of the time. Ursula de Jesús began her journal in 1650, in the convent of Santa Clara, where she had recently began to work as donada after a nun had purchased her freedom in 1645.

Stanton is comparing women to slaves to explain to the audience how horribly they are treated and how insecure they are forced to feel. Everyone knows the tremendous amount of pain and suffering slaves endured and would never yearn for one to suffer through such terrible experiences. Furthermore Stanton is pulling on the listeners heart string’s by telling them that herself and all other women feel like a

In Their Eyes were Watching God, Janie’s hair is described ad nauseum; in fact, it is described so often that one cannot help but notice its importance to the text as a whole. The author uses Janie’s hair to demonstrate Janie as an independent woman. To Janie, her hair is one of her defining features, and it becomes a surrogate for her identity. While Janie works inside her and Jody’s store, Jody forces her to wrap up her hair in a head-rag. To Janie, the “business of the head-rag irked her endlessly”, even though she did not want it wrapped up, Jody did.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Character Analysis In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston Janie finds herself in two marriages; One that was chosen for her and one that she chose herself. Both of husbands contrast the other. Although neither of her marriages were very successful.

In the face of adversity, what causes some individuals to fail while others prevail? Many people face difficulties. Depending on the person’s strength some will get through tough times, but some will fail to overcome them. I have chosen two books: Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Book Thief. These two stories deal with people overcoming the difficulties they face throughout their life.

The significance of the yellow mule in “Their Eyes Were Watching God” shows the relationship of Janie with Joe. It significantly implies the repression of Janie by her husband Jody. In the story, “Janie loved the conversations.... but Joe had forbidden her to indulge,” reveals that Joe didn’t allow her to participate in conversation with other people. He enjoyed in whatever he likes, but she didn’t allow to do so.