Their Eyes Were Watching God Janie's entire life is one of a journey. ... Janie changes a lot from the beginning to the end of Their Eyes Were Watching God, but the imagery in her life always conjures positive ideas in the mind of the reader. ... The first glimpse into the past that the reader sees involves Janie underneath a pear tree, watching the flowers bloom. ... Janie's eyes are still full of pollen dust, and she cannot get her perfect vision of love out of her mind. ... Zora Neale Hurston closes off Their Eyes Were Watching God with one final, poignan...

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Zora Neale Hurston's book Their Eyes Were Watching God discusses a hunt for independence and self-reliance through the personal journey of the main character. ... She describes how "she hated her grandmother Nanny had taken the biggest thing God ever made, the horizon"(Hurston 85-86). ... Her final conclusions are that "they got tuh go tuh God, and they got to find out about livin' fuh theyselves"(Hurston, 183). ...

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A person must go through some trials and struggles to find one's true self. Janie, a strong, free-spirited woman, thought she was one way until she had been through some struggles. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie went from Logan, her first husband, to Jody, her second husband, to Tea Cake, h...

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In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston reveals a woman's identity through her struggles in life, her treatment by society, and her thoughts on life. ... She wore overalls that were covered with mud. (189) After all the struggles Janie went through, she finally found who she was. ...

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All other vampires feared him because he has all of their strengths but none of their weaknesses. ... He begins to see these people grow fangs and have strange eyes. ... When you heard the beat of the music, get faster it would get your heart racing a little faster and you made sure you were watching because you knew that something exciting was about to happen. Closer to the end of the movie when the top evil vampire is trying to get possessed by the vampire god, the soundtrack seems to change. Instead of the faster techno sound it changes to a more mythical god like sound. ...

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On Monday, I watched her closely and observed. ... Children moved around her, washed their hands in the fountain, whispered their lives to one another, burst like giant soap bubbles into a sparkling of chaotic laughter, and then quietly were whisked away by the coming of the evening. ... Each square was like another challenge, and her moves were stalemated. ... I looked into her big brown eyes surrounded by her porcelain skin and ask myself why could such a beautiful face be taken by so much sadness. ... I could barely make out what she was saying; it sounded like she was asking God, why h...

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The bright, fuzzy spots of color at the front of the room I assumed to be flowers, a thought I confirmed a second later when their scent swallowed me whole. ... I remember watching them drive away. ... I will never forget those eyes. Those are the eyes of absolute agony. ... Staring down the street, I refused to believe what my eyes were showing me. ...

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Both Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, are multi-faceted stories with central themes that repeat themselves throughout. The strongest and most repeated theme is that of control, especially when shown through the eyes of each book's main character. ... In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie, the main character, is shown in her middle age returning to her hometown. ... Merricat feels as if he were trying to take Constance away from her. ... The act of her killing her family is not exactly even specific enou...

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As I watched the others going down the slide, I got the butterflies in my stomach. ... My eyes were closed and I was so afraid to open them to see the damage because my body and face ached. ... I opened my eyes, touched my lip, and saw there was blood all over my hands so I knew I had busted my lip. ... I will never forget the look on his face as he uttered, "Oh my God.... The way I see it is only God can Judge me, so why let anyone's opinion alter the way I feel about myself?...

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I told Kyle and Tim that I couldn't go and watch the game with them. ... The cop looked me straight in the eyes and said, "I"m sorry, Matt, they died in that horrible crash." ... Everyone walked past the Cristmans and me, showing their regards. ... When I step in a car now, I hope they keep me safe and watch out for me. ... I pray every day and night that God will keep my family and friends safe and healthy. ...

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The man's ice cold eyes stared into the distance, probably locked on his last view of life. ... Laura had the most beautiful brown curly hair and her eyes were so dark yet full of so much life. ... I was too late, the rescue crews were gone and I received no answers that day. ... I remember watching helplessly as a nun got chased down the street by a group of people just because she had light skin. ... I thanked god that my cell door was locked otherwise I was going to be next. ...

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Heading into the town, the sun was setting and I noticed everybody was indoors, with all their windows locked and shut. ... The bar lounge was huge, stretching from one corner to the other, filled with many drunk men and women who were just there, looking as if they were having a good. ... She was a perfect wife in my eyes I thought. ... It was on a Sunday that Alexandra and I were suppose to be wed. ... My heart started to beat faster and my feet were getting cold. ...

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Their identity, or at least their competency, is thrown into doubt. ... Her eyes waited on him for an answer, a smile, a little nod, but he made no sign. ... She moved uneasily in her chair, the large eyes still watching his face. ... It didn't take long, four or five minutes at most, and she say very still through it all, watching him with a kind of dazed horror as he went further and further away from her with each word. ... You must be terrible hungry by now because it's long past your suppertime, and I know Patrick would never forgive me, God bless his soul, if I allowed you to ...

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Seeing everybody that last time just bought tears to my eyes. ... I remembered sitting in front of the television watching college basketball games together; Ryan loved Carolina basketball. These were fun years that I would never forget. ... They were on their way to the project and already in the car. ... He stated that we can't explain why Ryan was taken from us, but he figured that God must want someone to make him laugh, so he took the best. ...

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She watched me struggle through pain, and all she wanted was to help. ... My whole agreement with God was, if I got better, I would be a better person, a person just like my mom. Being in the hospital we got to know many people who were also sick. We were like one big, sick family. ... She is a superstar in my eyes and a great mother. ...

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There were two sides of the platoon and every night the DI would say "Port side shine 'em up, starboard side shower up" or vice versa, meaning that whatever side would shower up would jump in the shower and whatever side would shine had to polish their belt buckle and their boots. ... The day when we first stepped foot in the God forsaken country was September 8, 2003. ... After Coop and I got redeployed for the third time in the year 2005, we were assigned a special operations mission to infiltrate the enemy base and take out their leader. ... He was not the leader of their ...

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This, and the furniture, the shell lamps and the fancy bric-a-brac that clutters the narrow house indicate that the Cabadings had not only risen high enough to justify their split-level pretensions but were expecting to go higher. ... The status gods of Suburdia were properly propitiated. ... They didn't have to talk at all; he would do all the talking himself, so long as they sat there in the sala before his eyes. ... He couldn't bear to see Lydia and Leonardo rise and go up together to their room. ... Said Cabading bluntly: "If she goes with you, I'll shoot her head before yo...

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Nickolai squeezed his eyes shut, trying to ignore the high pitched meow of this short and stubby cat, Lucifer. ... Every Saturday, Nick bought two of those sandwiches and a coffee and sat outside to watch the morning traffic. ... I can't call the police and say that someone's ghost told me where their body is and that they need to go and get it. ... " Lucifer started to grow right before Nick's eyes. ... I thought you were the genius here. ...

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"I wish I were dead...With my father, my mother, and my sister! ... Many of the customers that she received on her first day were unkind and some were kind. ... Phoebe is like "god's angel." ... He is watching her and introduces himself to her. ... "With the lids drooping over her eyes-now lifted for an instant, and drawn down again as with leaden weights." (162) Holgrave's story about the Pyncheon family, mesmerized Phoebe. ...

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It's hard to think about that day. Who knew it would be the last day I would spend with her. It still feels like a fresh nightmare that just happened last night. But it didn't. It happened over two years ago and I was still struggling with this new reality. I didn't like it. I hated it. How could th...

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A group of boys tries to fight their way into the thicket, but Ralph fends them off. ... Jack's hunters reach the beach and stop in their tracks upon seeing the officer. ... Moved and embarrassed, the naval officer turns his back so that the boys may regain their composure. ... Ultimately, the boys' appalling savagery brings about the rescue that their coordinated and purposeful efforts were unable to achieve. ... In portraying the various ways in which the boys on the island adapt to their new surroundings and react to their new freedom, Golding explores the broad spectrum of ways ...

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