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Summary: There Eyes Were Watching Dirk
Review: The book Their Eyes Were Watching God, was an okay book. It was written in Southern Dialect and it was hard to get used to that. The book was about a woman named Janie and it tells about all the guys she married and how they didn't give her love. She didn't end up finding love until the end of the book. The book wasn't too realistic in the part were the talking mule was a character. The mule was the laghing stock of the book and it was very interesting. This book had a good way of tying it all together. The part with pear tree and how as Janie became older and more mature so did the pear tree. This book doesn't really keep the attention of the reader because it was hard to understand with the southern dialect. Even though the southern dialect gave it more affect of the setting. This book doesn't really get exciting till the end were Janie shoots her husband Teacake. She shot him because he was bitten by a rabid dog. This is when the book gets exciting. The author took to long to put some suspense in this book. This book was okay, but it is not a book to go out and buy, its more of a book to be only read as a requirement.
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Summary: True Definition of Love is found
Review: The definition of love varies from one person to the next, however has the same median with everyone; trust and faith. In "Their Eyes Were Watching God" the definition of love is hidden until the lead character, Janie, finds out the meaning on her own. Throughout the book, Janie meets many men who she feels she is in love with. Her Nanny tells her that love really means the amount of possessions they owned, such as land, home and money, etc... and that is what Janie thinks love is too. However, as the book continues and Janie is not being treated approprietly by her leading men, she realizes that Nanny's meaning of "love" is not correct. By the end of the book Janie finds true love with a man by the name of TeaCake. This book was difficult to understand for the first few chapters due to the complicated southern dialect, but as the book picked up, it became easier to read and comprehend. It is a good book for all ages to read. Love is the universal language. It connects people in many ways around the world. In the book the true definition of love shines through and helps a young woman stand up for herself and realize who she really loves.
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Summary: i wish i could erase all copies of this book from existence
Review: WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH NOT LETTING US RATE IT AS A ZERO. WISH I COULD HAVE. this book was a burden on my soul, then entire time i was forced to read it. it drivels on in such a manner as to make the novel a complete horror to read. i don't care if it's a classic about a woman's fight to survive or find her soul. A BOOK IS ONLY GOOD BASED ON HOW MUCH YOU ENJOY READING IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED IT. i just wanted it to be over, so i could take the test and pass it, because it was such a blandly written piece of trash that a four year old could understand it and hate it as well. i'm sure there are people out there that love this novel, not everyone shares the same view. hey, that's why Titanic was such a popular movie. my whole point is to not think it's good just because a critic says so, myself and about 30 of my classmates would rather be punched in the gut than forced to think about this for another second. why write a review if i hate it so much you ask? i'll tell you why...it's really late and i'm bored. i'm writing a letter to my teacher and i needed to know how to spell the author's name, so i came here. so to anyone out there that doesn't just think things are good because someone says they are...don't touch this silly novel for the life of you. i'm done now, you can all tell me taht this didn't help you now, to get it off the list of reviews, and how pathetic is that? are you that insecure about the quality of your novel? you should be. in conclusion, i hated this novel even more than i hated that stupid book Kindred.
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Summary: A black woman finds her voice
Review: This novel is one that got some attention when it was first published, went out of print and off most scholars' radar screens for years, and then, thanks to renewed attention from people like Alice Walker, became known once again. Many of Hurston's sentences are breathtakingly beautiful, and her prose is powerful without being caustic. The main character, Janie, undergoes a great transformation over the course of the novel, although Hurston's stifling of Janie's voice does raise questions as to what extent this is a feminist novel. In many ways this book defies categorization, although it is unquestionably a great book about the experience of the African-American woman in the early 1900's. It is a worthy book to teach in a high school American history class, and the book is worthwhile reading for those of us who missed it while Hurston's writing was mired in obscurity. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Remarkable, Yet Flawed
Review: Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" is one of the first and finest looks by an African American woman at black female life. Although earlier works had examined the particular plight of black females, most notably Harriet Jacobs in her celebrated slave narrative, fiction had shied away from presenting convincing, three-dimensional portraits of black women. There are numerous reasons for this, mostly rooted in sexist and racist attitudes, but Hurston broke through the nonsense with this novel, an in-depth study of an amazing fictional woman named Janie Starks.Janie is amazing because of her strength and determination. She is not afraid to speak her mind, demand justice, or please her own desires. Her first marriage, to a unlikeable man named Logan, ends when she decides he's not good enough for her, and takes off with a smooth-talking ambitious man named Jody. Jody becomes mayor of a growing black town, but Janie soon becomes tired of Jody's selfish behavior and his rather rude treatment of her. But Janie never whines, or bemoans her lot. She acts to change the situation, and in her strength we glimpse not only hope, but the struggles for equality, both in terms of race and gender. If Hurston took flak for not painting a bad enough portrait of white racism, one doesn't need to read too carefully between the lines to find scathing criticism in this book. And yet, there is one feature in this book which softens Hurston's accomplishments, and that is her decision to render all dialogue and conversation between African Americans in a thick dialect. One may give various reasons in support of doing so, and of course there is no right or wrong about the issue, but at times her use of dialect reduces powerful individuals to one-dimensional cariacatures. Although her use of dialect was meant affectionately and to suggest authenticity (Hurston studied anthropology for many years before turning to fiction), it too often reeks of the minstrel tradition and Br'er Rabbit stories, and serves to distance not only the reader from the characters, but the omniscient narrator as well, who speaks in perfect, flowing, beautiful prose. The juxtaposition of the two styles is jarring, obvious, and at times slightly patronizing. I doubt this was Hurston's intent, and the book deserves to be read not only as a historical artifact of the times, but as a helpful and essential addition to American literature. Yes, it has notable flaws, but the book survives and at times transcends them.
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Summary: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Review: I read this book for my English class. I think the story is interesting and original. When the book was first published many African Americans, like Richard Wright, did not like this book because of the dialect given to the characters, or the fact that there is rascism between African Americans. I think that adds another dimension to the book. More dynamic books are always more interesting. The book is about Janie. As Janie lays under a pear tree she sees how the bees and tree interact. She sees that as ideal love. This book shows how Janie goes from man to man searching for her pear tree. Whether or not she finds her dream of true love can be decided after you read the book.
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Summary: Dubois got it right
Review: W.E.B. Dubois did not like this book at all! It was because it makes a mockery of African-American men. It's ture! They are portrayed as nothing more than monkeys. They have no sense of family, spirituality, commitment, determination. This book makes one root fot the Klan more than Gone With the Wind did! The only thing which keeps me from giving it 1 star is the beautifully written narration. It's abou the only part worth reading because the dialogue is simply IMPOSSIBLE to understand. Only read this book if you already hate your fellow man!
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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!
Review: This book is painfully bad. I cannot recommend this book to anyone except masochists.
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Summary: Beautiful and perfect
Review: Of all the books I own and cherish in my fairly extensive literature collection, I hold this one dearest. I've read "Their Eye's Were Watching God" a countless number of times and each one is like the first--- a thrilling, heartbreaking, and wonderful experience.
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK, FANTASTIC STORY
Review: THIS BOOK WAS GREAT I DON'T READ TOO MUCH BUT THIS BOOK GOT ME GOING. MY ENGLISH III TEACHER WAS VERY SURPRISED ON MY PARTICAPATION IN CLASS. SHE DIDN'T THINK MY CLASSMATES AND I COULD GET IT, BUT WE DID AND I LOVE THE BOOK IF I COULD GET ANYONE TO READ IT I WOULD. IT IS A CLASSIC AND WORTH READING ESPECIALLY FOR THE GIRLS IT'S A FABULOUS BOOK.
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