Comments on: Sudden Beauty and the American Dream Group D http://hurston.learnerblogs.org/2005/11/27/sudden-beauty-and-the-american-dream/ Just another Learnerblogs.org weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:12:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: hurston http://hurston.learnerblogs.org/2005/11/27/sudden-beauty-and-the-american-dream/#comment-86 hurston Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:56:24 +0000 http://hurston.learnerblogs.org/2005/11/27/sudden-beauty-and-the-american-dream/#comment-86 I agree with Monica and Alyssa that it seems like Janie is now experiance what she might view as the American dream. The American dream can be seen as many different things, all depending on the person and what they may be trying to get out of life. What Janie seems to view as the American dream is freedom from others, and the abiliy to have a choice, as well as enjoy life and have fun. Now that Jody is dead it seems like Janie will have the chance to do all of this. Jody will no longer be able to restrict Janie or tell he what she can and cant do. This allowing Janie the freedom to make her own decisions. Also, with Janie's acquaintance to Tea Cake, she now begins to enjoy life and have fun. This would have never been allowed by Jody. I also agree with Emily when she says that Jody's death was a rebirth for Janie. Now that Jody has died, she finally realizes that she was constricted by Jody and wasn't allowed to enjoy life the way she wanted to with him always telling her what to do. As Monica and Alyssa said, Janie now realizes her actual beauty, but she also discovers her freedoms, and abiliyt to enjoy her life. -Hunter Woron I agree with Monica and Alyssa that it seems like Janie is now experiance what she might view as the American dream. The American dream can be seen as many different things, all depending on the person and what they may be trying to get out of life. What Janie seems to view as the American dream is freedom from others, and the abiliy to have a choice, as well as enjoy life and have fun. Now that Jody is dead it seems like Janie will have the chance to do all of this. Jody will no longer be able to restrict Janie or tell he what she can and cant do. This allowing Janie the freedom to make her own decisions. Also, with Janie’s acquaintance to Tea Cake, she now begins to enjoy life and have fun. This would have never been allowed by Jody.
I also agree with Emily when she says that Jody’s death was a rebirth for Janie. Now that Jody has died, she finally realizes that she was constricted by Jody and wasn’t allowed to enjoy life the way she wanted to with him always telling her what to do. As Monica and Alyssa said, Janie now realizes her actual beauty, but she also discovers her freedoms, and abiliyt to enjoy her life.

-Hunter Woron

]]> By: hurston http://hurston.learnerblogs.org/2005/11/27/sudden-beauty-and-the-american-dream/#comment-73 hurston Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:15:34 +0000 http://hurston.learnerblogs.org/2005/11/27/sudden-beauty-and-the-american-dream/#comment-73 i agree with what monica and alyssa said about how "November Cotton Flower" relates to Their Eyes Were Watching God." I believe that Jody's death was a rebirth for Janie. The poem says "Drought fighting soil had caused the soil to take." I see this as Jody would be the drought fighting down Janie's soul, the soil. the drought has caused the soil to dry up, much like Jody has caused Janie's spirit to dry up. The line "Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear" reminds me of the way in which Janie loves Tea Cake unconditionally. A big problem in their relationship could be the large age diffrence, or the fact that Jody has just died and he was the Mayor. Many of the townspeople of Eatonville think Janie is greatly disrespecting Jody right after his death. There is also the thought that Tea Cake might only be going after her to take all of her money. But Janie falls into such a deep love with Tea Cake that nothing else matters to her. She is not fearful of the potentially disaterous relationship she is embarking on. She trusts Tea Cake and she loves him. EMILY DESTEFANO i agree with what monica and alyssa said about how “November Cotton Flower” relates to Their Eyes Were Watching God.” I believe that Jody’s death was a rebirth for Janie. The poem says “Drought fighting soil had caused the soil to take.” I see this as Jody would be the drought fighting down Janie’s soul, the soil. the drought has caused the soil to dry up, much like Jody has caused Janie’s spirit to dry up.

The line “Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear” reminds me of the way in which Janie loves Tea Cake unconditionally. A big problem in their relationship could be the large age diffrence, or the fact that Jody has just died and he was the Mayor. Many of the townspeople of Eatonville think Janie is greatly disrespecting Jody right after his death. There is also the thought that Tea Cake might only be going after her to take all of her money. But Janie falls into such a deep love with Tea Cake that nothing else matters to her. She is not fearful of the potentially disaterous relationship she is embarking on. She trusts Tea Cake and she loves him.

EMILY DESTEFANO

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