Monday, February 4, 2013

Do Now: The women sat on the porch and watched the beautiful woman walk back into their small town. The women on the porch “made burning statements out of questions and killing tools out of laughs. It was mass cruelty.” What do you think is going on here? Do you know ’porch-sitters’? 

Welcome to our class, Zora Neale Hurston!

 

Welcome to:

Their Eyes Were Watching God

 

Classwork: Recurring symbols and motifs in the novel:

1. Men's dreams versus women's dreams

2. The horizon

3. Porch-sitters

4. Mules

5. Janie's hair

6. gates

7. blossoming trees.

You will encounter all of these within the first five pages of the novel.

Homework: Complete aphorism and symbolism charts for Chapter 1.