THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD!!! Natasha Goffe Chenelle Stokes Phillisa Matthews Dominique Ruffin...

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THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD!!! Natasha Goffe Chenelle Stokes Phillisa Matthews Dominique Ruffin Dominique Halton

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THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD!!!

Natasha GoffeChenelle StokesPhillisa MatthewsDominique RuffinDominique Halton

Setting

Eatonville, Florida Rural Florida

Everglades Pear tree -where she kissed Johnny Taylor

Takes place over a Fifty year span in the 1900s

Palm bay, -When she moved with Joe Starks -Where she grew up as a

child

Characters

*Janie

Teacake

*Joe Starks

Grand mom

Logan Killicks

Janie

Weaknesses Vulnerable Love

•Strengths-She was a hard working person- Perseverance

Conflict:Janie had three husbands and still didn’t find her true love

Joe Starks (Jody)Weaknesses

Over Ruling Cocky

Strengths Self- reliant Ambitious

Plot Exposition:

Janie Crawford is a middle aged black woman who returns to Eatonville, Florida, after a long time. The town people gossiped about her and what happened to her young husband. Janie’s close friend Pheoby sticks up for her.

Rising Action:

Janie was raised by her grandmother because her mom was raped. After Janie was born her mother started drinking and left her with her grandmother. Janie use to think that she was white because the white people her grandmother was working for. The people she worked for sent little Janie to school and kept her look represent able. One day Janie found out she was different because of the picture she saw that was taken by a gentleman. Grand mom wanted Janie well taken care of so she had Janie marry off to Logan Killicks. Janie ended up leaving Logan because he wasn’t treating her like a queen. She ended up marrying Joe. Joe made her feel low and worthless. Later on he died and Janie falls in love with this young man named Tea Cake.

Climax:

Janie’s life with Tea Cake started to get out of control. One day there was an hurricane and Tea cake got bit by a rabbie dog while he was trying to save Janie’s life. But Janie ended up killing him to save her life.

Falling action:

Janie ends up moving back to Eatonville, Florida by herself in the house where her ex husband Jody and herself use to live.

Resolution:

Janie realized that she is better off by herself because all of her bad experiences with men/her husbands. Janie was never in control of her relationships…the men were!

RELATIONWhen I first read this book and began to understand the concept I immediately thought of

this book I read called “Fixin’ Tyrone”.  I thought that the part of her having two men in her life was kind of the same as Janie having two men in her life. Something else that came to my mind was how she and two of her men relate to Janie and two of the men in her life.

Janie:

Hardworking, helped out all of the men in her life

Very pretty

A lot of men wanted her

Mia:

hardworking, a very successful woman

Very pretty

A lot of men wanted her

Mia knew what she wanted when it came to love but Janie didn’t

Relations

Tyrone

He was a drug dealer and got locked up for it

Mia knew about this, she wanted him to stop what he was doing but he got out and continued to sell drugs

He was in love with her so much

Tea cake

Had a gambling problem

Janie didn’t know that he had this problem until he stole money from her and told her

He was very much in love with Janie

Both Tea Cake and Tyrone kept deep secrets from the ones that they loved

RelationsMr. Monitou

Was Mia’s boss

He was very successful in what he wanted to accomplish in his life

Mr. Monitou had a lot of money

Wanted to be with Mia

Joe Starks

Was some man that Janie met

Asked her to come with him

Had a lot of money

Both Joe Starks and Mr. Manitou were men of their words. They also knew what they wanted in life. The difference with the two women was that Janie really liked Joe, but Mia didn’t like Mr. Manitou the way he liked her.