Take Note, O World

This opinion piece relates to the seminar we had last week about "Good Hair" and societal standards put on African American women....

Teacake and Janie decide to move to Jacksonville, Florida. Once they get to the town, they get married. Then, we find out that Janie has t...

In chapter 18 of Their Eyes Were Watching God, a hurricane is coming towards the Everglades. Before the storm hit the Everglades, they we...

In chapter 18, water is clearly a big theme and is seen as a destructive force. Do you think the use of water coming for them is a metaphor ...

In Chapter 14, we see the transition Janie and Tea Cake make for living in the Everglades. They move into a house as soon as it becomes avai...

Are humans naturally good, or naturally evil? Put another way, are we defined as who we are at our best, or as who we are at our wor...

In chapter 15, Janie grows jealous of Nunkie, who keeps flirting with Tea Cake.  One day, Nunkie and Tea Cake go missing in the field.  Jan...