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My idea is to write a poem that summarizes Janies love life throughout the story

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Hi Alexis, good idea--check out page 25, where after she leaves Logan, her first husband, the text reads, "She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman." This could be used as part of your argument as to how her first marriage influenced her.

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Hi Avery, good idea--check out how Tea Cake describes how he sees her, as compared to her first two husbands: One page 109, he says, "Nobody else on earth can hold a candle to you baby. You got de keys to de kingdom." Neither of her previous husbands ever speak so poetically to her, so this signifies that their relationship is quite different than the first two.

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Hi Sam, good start. What books are you thinking? One consideration might be to Macbeth, which has a tragic ending obviously, and to make an argument as to whether you think this book is also a tragedy, or not, as compares to Macbeth...

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Hi Gabe, great idea--one quote to check out would be how Tea Cake tells her on page 138, "You'se something to make uh man forgit tuh git old and forgit tuh die", and to connect this with his mystical reappearance at the end of the book---showing , perhaps, that their love bestows a kind of immortality...

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I really like your idea Gabe because that topic will leave you with a lot of good quotes to work with from the book to back up your points/arguments. If I were you, a good idea might be to find a way to compare and contrast each of Janie's experiences with her husbands and to explain what she took away from each relationship. You could explain how this helped Janie be patient in her next marriage and to learn what a healthy relationship is as well...

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Ashley Doyle- Im going to be talked about the gender roles in the novel

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I am thinking about doing a creative drawing symbolizing Janie progression throughout the story and how she learned to grow into herself and become happy. I will also probably show the challenging times she had to overcome to get to that spot too.

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Hi Ethan, I like your idea; I think one place to start would be to create a thesis in whether or not you think Janie has achieved full independence by the end of the book, or whether she is still too 'dependent' on someone else, like the memory of Tea Cake. A good thesis could be written either supporting the paper we read yesterday, or disagreeing with it. A good quote would be found on the last page of the book where the horizon is described as something she drapes lovingly around her neck, and that symbolizes how much she has changed since the last time the horizon was described as something her grandmother used to 'strangle' her on page 89: "Nanny had taken the biggest thing God had ever made, the horizon...and pinched it in to such a little bit of a thing that she could tie it about her grandaughter's neck tight enough to choke her."

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Alexis I like ur idea, A part in the book that i think wil help your project is when she gets married (sam)

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Ella, I like your idea of how Janie finds true happiness throughout the novel! You could you the quote, "What if Eatonville could see her now in her blue denim overalls and heavy shoes? The crowd of people around her and a dice game on her floor! She was sorry for her friends back there and scornful of the others. The men held big arguments here like they used to do on the store porch. Only here, she could listen and laugh and even talk some herself if she wanted to" (pg. 134). This quote shows how Janie is happier than she's ever been before (Avery)

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I am planning on writing an essay about how her life changes and how it is affected after each marriage threw out the book. and comparing each relationship to each other. -alexis

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i really like your idea P.W. there is a quote on page 25 "She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman." this quote is talking about how her marriage to Logan affected her. i think this can be a good point you can make. -alexis

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I am going to write an essay on how Janie has changed throughout the book. But I need some ideas for a thesis and one more quote/example on how she has changed.         -Ethan

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In my essay i will probly compare the book to anouther book ive read in the past.

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I am not sure what I am going to do

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My essay idea is to talk about how Janie learns that love is real even after her first two marriages fail to meet her idea of love.

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Caio I love your idea of doing a poem. I think you can probably write about the pear tree. -Carsen Brandt

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I'm writing an essay about how Janie grows as a person and what she learns after every marriage. I'm incorporating how she finds love within herself throughout the novel. (Avery)

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Im planning on writing an essay on how the life Janie lives throughout the story is different from he ideal life, and love that she wants to experience.

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my idea is to write an essay about janie's journey and her influences- carsen brandt

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Good start CHase--check out the replies I made to Estrella and Ella for some quotes on a similar topic

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HI Parker, nice idea--think about some of the quotes I suggested to Estrella and Ella, who are working on similar projects

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Good start Caio; some symbols I think to look for are horizon (page 1, page 89, and last page) of the novel, as well as the pear tree that occurs on page 11

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Hi Colin, nice idea, I think this is a great topic. Check out page 81 where it says, "The stillness was the sleep of swords. SO new thoughts had to be thought and new words said." You could argue that it is the conflict she has with Joe that really sets her on the path of finding 'new words' to express herself and become herself as part of your argument...

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Hi Vivienne, good start...one idea might be to make an argument as to how free Janie really gets by the end of the book. You could write a thesis and use the quote from p 89 where Janie hates her grandmother for "pinching' the horizon around Janie's throat, and contrast it to the last page of the novel where Janie sees the horizon now as a shawl to wrap our her neck, as a sign of freedom...

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Hi Bray, this is a good idea; check out page 167 where Tea Cake tells her that "you never spectd come tuh dis when you took up wid me?' and she, having lost a ton of money and having lived in the everglades after a comfortable life as a mayor's wife, says, "Once upon uh time, Ah never 'spected nothing...but you come 'long and made somethin' outa me.' So this would be a good quote to use if you find it helpful!

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I like your idea Vivienne. One example you could use would be in chapter 8, when Janie pulls her hair down right after Joe Starks dies. This symbolizes some of the freedom that she did nat have when married with Joe.

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Hi Estrella, I like your idea. Check out page 128, where Tea Cake tells her, "Ah don't need no assistance to feed mah woman...when Ah ain't got nothin' you don't get nothin' " I think this quote is important because it shows that traditional gender roles still exist for Janie even in her third marriage.

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I like your idea Estrella. To help with your idea think of her freedom and how the three relationships she was in changes her. For example when Tea Cake taught her how to fish and shoot but her later husbands probably thought she should not do that because she only would work in the house and because that was a mans job.look on chapter 14 to get more of an idea

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My idea is to write how Janie and tea Cake's relationship changes throughout the story.

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My idea for the project is an essay on how Janie is affected by her relationships and how her attitude and thoughts towards them change -P.W.

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I really like your idea Braydon. I think a good quote that would go with your idea would be found on page 191. Janie says, "Ah done been tuh de horizon and back now Ah kin set heah in mah house and live by comparisons." Janie is basically saying that even though Tea Cake died, she's experienced happiness and been to horizon and back. Good luck on your project!

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My idea for the project is an essay on how Janie is affected by her relationships and how her attitude towards these relationships changes in the book. -

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My idea is to find multiple uses of symbolism throughout the text and put them to use in poems.

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My essay is going to be about how Joe Starks impacted Janie's life the most

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My idea is to write how Janie and Tea Cake's relationship changes through out the story.

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Nice idea, Ella. Check out page 25 for a quote on how her marriage to Logan affected her: "She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie's first dream was dead, so she became a woman."

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My idea for the project might be an essay of how Janies freedom changes throughout the book or how she changes throughout the book I'm not sure.-Vivienne Fournier

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My Idea is to write an essay about how even though Janie didn't have a happy ending with Tea Cake, she still kind of has closure because she found the true love she was looking for for so long

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My idea is to write an essay about how Janie's understanding of love changes throughout the book, especially with her three marriages.

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I'm going to write an essay about how Janie found true happiness throughout the novel and how her different marriages affected her.

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Example: My idea is to write an essay arguing that Janie achieved true independence by telling her story to Pheoby.-Mr Dooley