https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y en-us 2018-04-30 16:52:02 UTC 2018-05-20 22:00:18 UTC hello@padlet.com 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256610838 2018-04-30 17:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256610838 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256611487 "You know, honey, us colored folks is branches without roots and that makes things come round in queer ways. You in particular" (chapter 2).]]> 2018-04-30 17:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256611487 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256613014 Nanny explains that, due to her skin color, life for Janie will consist of uniquely presented opportunities. This foreshadows the fate of Janie's eventful life, including the way her relationships turn out.]]> 2018-04-30 17:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256613014 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256616440 "And Ah cant'd die easy thinkin' maybe de menfolks white or black is makin' a spit cup outa you" (chapter 2).]]> 2018-04-30 17:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256616440 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256619374 As her mother and grandmother had their lives ruined by men, it seems that Janie's fate could possibly be the same.]]> 2018-04-30 17:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/256619374 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260563041 2018-05-14 17:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260563041 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260563242 "...Ah is de Mayor...you ain't goin' off in dat mess uh commonness" (chapter 6).]]> 2018-05-14 17:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260563242 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260564818 Joe uses his power of being mayor over Janie. He dictates Janie's life and controls her to fit his desires.]]> 2018-05-14 17:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260564818 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260565458 "What with him biting down on cigars and saving his breath on talk and swinging round in that chair, it weakened people" (chapter 5).]]> 2018-05-14 17:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260565458 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260566674 Joe's wealth and power over the town causes everyone to look up to him.]]> 2018-05-14 17:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260566674 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260933772 2018-05-15 16:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260933772 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260933822 "Where were the singing bees for her?...she searched as much of the world as she could from the top of the front steps and then went on down to the front gate..." (chapter 2).]]> 2018-05-15 16:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260933822 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260935237 Janie has always dreamed of finding love, and persists in doing so throughout the novel.]]> 2018-05-15 17:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260935237 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260935643 "She got nothing from Jody except what money could buy, and she was giving away what she didn't value" (chapter 7).]]> 2018-05-15 17:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260935643 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260936846 Janie constantly struggles with love; in her long relationship with Jody, she falls out of love with him and only receives material things.]]> 2018-05-15 17:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260936846 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260937861 2018-05-15 17:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260937861 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260937942 ""Dat school teacher had done hid her in de woods all night long, and he had done raped mah baby and run off just before day"" (chapter 2).]]> 2018-05-15 17:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260937942 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260939188 Janie's family has a history of being taken advantage of by men; Janie's grandmother and mother were both impregnated against their will at a young age.]]> 2018-05-15 17:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260939188 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260939905 ""Ah was born back due in slavery so it wasn't for me to fulfill my dreams of whut a woman oughta be and do"" (chapter 2).]]> 2018-05-15 17:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260939905 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260942285 Janie lives in a time when women can make their own decisions; this foreshadows Janie's life of independence.]]> 2018-05-15 17:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/260942285 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261271618 2018-05-16 15:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261271618 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261271683 "They made burning statements with questions...words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song" (chapter 1).]]> 2018-05-16 15:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261271683 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261272530 All of the people in Janie's communities gossip about and judge Janie.]]> 2018-05-16 15:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261272530 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261273199 "The people who were pouring in were broke. They didn't come bringing money, they were coming to make some" (chapter 14).]]> 2018-05-16 15:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261273199 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261274361 The community Janie fits best into works hard for what they have.]]> 2018-05-16 15:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261274361 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261275082 2018-05-16 16:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261275082 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261658642 ""Hello, there, Jim...we been lookin' fuh you"" (chapter 19).]]> 2018-05-17 16:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261658642 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261658804 The statement made by the white man shows the prevalence of the bigoted Jim Crow laws at the time.]]> 2018-05-17 16:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261658804 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261658828 ""Ah don't know nothin' but what Ah'm told tuh do, cause I ain't nothin' but uh nigger and uh slave"" (chapter 2).]]> 2018-05-17 16:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261658828 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261658865 In both Janie's free generation and during the time of slavery, African Americans had to face degrading stereotypes and thoughts.]]> 2018-05-17 16:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261658865 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659207 2018-05-17 16:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659207 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659279 "She untied it and flung it on a low bush beside the road and walked on, picking flowers and making a bouquet" (chapter 4).]]> 2018-05-17 16:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659279 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659358 Janie's apron, representing her tie to Logan, is torn off; she is released from his hold and sets off in a more independent direction.]]> 2018-05-17 16:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659358 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659387 "She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net...She called in her soul to come and see" (chapter 20).]]> 2018-05-17 16:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659387 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659416 After her whirlwind of relationships, pain, emotion, and struggle, Janie is finally content and independent.]]> 2018-05-17 16:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659416 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659604 2018-05-17 16:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659604 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659776 "All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped" (chapter 16).]]> 2018-05-17 16:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659776 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659810 God is constantly seen in the novel as a the maker of all events, as the characters are always looking at the situation (God) and waiting to see what will come of it.]]> 2018-05-17 16:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659810 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659831 "They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God" (chapter 18).]]> 2018-05-17 16:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659831 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659870 As the three huddle together and anticipate the storm's actions, they are watching God's actions.]]> 2018-05-17 16:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261659870 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660051 2018-05-17 16:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660051 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660096 "'Yo' wife is a born orator, Starks...'Joe bit down hard on his cigar..." (chapter 6)]]> 2018-05-17 16:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660096 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660132 Janie seldom speaks up around Joe, as he mainly wants her to sit around and look pretty.]]> 2018-05-17 16:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660132 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660146 ""If you can stand not to chop and tote wood Ah reckon you can stand not to git no dinner" (chapter 4).]]> 2018-05-17 16:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660146 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660169 In every relationship Janie is able to use her voice to a certain extent. In her marriage to Logan, Janie had no problem openly speaking her mind.]]> 2018-05-17 16:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660169 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660432 2018-05-17 16:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660432 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660825 ""Ah been wishin' so bad tuh git mah hands in yo' hair...feels jus' lak underneath uh dove's wing"" (chapter 11).]]> 2018-05-17 16:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660825 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660852 Tea Cake, like many other men in the novel, admire Janie's soft and mixed hair.]]> 2018-05-17 16:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660852 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660878 "This business of the head-rag irked her endlessly...her hair was NOT going to show in the store" (chapter 6).]]> 2018-05-17 16:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660878 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660911 Janie's mixed hair confines her in that Joe wants it all to himself; he makes her keep it covered in public so that only he can see it at home.]]> 2018-05-17 16:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261660911 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261661096 2018-05-17 16:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261661096 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261661306 2018-05-17 16:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261661306 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261661425 2018-05-17 16:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/261661425 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262212653 "Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches" (chapter 2).]]> 2018-05-20 21:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262212653 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262212765 The pear tree, being prevalent in Janie's life since she was a young girl, serves as a symbol of her life and all it's events and emotions as she grows.]]> 2018-05-20 21:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262212765 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262212932 "How? Why? It was like a flute song forgotten in another existence and remembered again" (chapter 2).]]> 2018-05-20 21:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262212932 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262213199 The pear tree represents Janie's eventful and emotionally wild life, and foreshadows the memories that will be the only thing left behind of those she knew.]]> 2018-05-20 21:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262213199 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262213422 "For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing..." (chapter 1) ]]> 2018-05-20 21:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262213422 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262213719 One of the things the horizon symbolizes is the unfulfilled wishes of men, and how this effects Janie's life and relationships.]]> 2018-05-20 21:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262213719 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214011 "So much of life in its meshes!" (chapter 20).]]> 2018-05-20 21:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214011 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214184 For Janie, the horizon symbolizes hope and life; there is always something on the horizon.]]> 2018-05-20 21:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214184 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214280 "The wind came back in triple fury, and put out the light...He meant to measure their puny might against His" (chapter 18).]]> 2018-05-20 21:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214280 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214487 The hurricane symbolizes God, as it is ultimately determining the fate of the characters.]]> 2018-05-20 21:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214487 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214566 "The monstropolous beast had left its bed" (chapter 18).]]> 2018-05-20 21:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214566 107634 https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214988 The presence of the hurricane demonstrates its devastating effects on Janie's life. The monster is a symbol of the hurricane, as it is finally 'unleashed' and reeks havoc.]]> 2018-05-20 21:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/107634/ilysps3ng1y/wish/262214988