215 Essay 2 EMAIL: Soconnel@essex.edu
DUE WEDNESDAY AUG 9TH---NO LATE PAPERS!
THAT IS THE LAST DAY OF CLASS!
3 PAGES, USE TWO RELIABLE OUTSIDE SOURCES
AND FOLLOW MLA.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
1) After
years of polite submission to her male counterparts, Janie gains her voice in Chapters
7 and 8. Prior to her defiance of Joe, Janie observes the way Daisy, Mrs.
Bogle, and Mrs. Robbins are treated by the men. For this essay describe how
each woman is treated in the novel.
2) What
happens to Janie after “she tore off [her] kerchief... and let down her
plentiful hair” (Chapter 8)? How does her hair reflect her womanhood? How does
she change when we see her take off the kerchief?
3) Janie
finds herself in marriages with men that greatly differ from each other. These Three
men go by the names of Logan, Joe Starks and “Tea Cake”. They have very
different impacts on Janie’s path to achieve her life goals. Compare and contrast
the three characters. (If you like, you can just discuss two).
4) The
hurricane makes the characters question who they are and what their place in
the universe is. How would you explain this idea? (This deals with loss and
major life changes).
5) How
has Nanny’s experience as a slave stamped her worldview with a strong concern
for financial security, respectability, and upward mobility? What is she most
concerned about when it comes to Janie?
6) We have discussed in class the
idea of African American women as “the mule” of society at this time. In this
essay explain what role it plays in the novel (and perhaps other novels). In
other words, define exactly how this metaphor works.
- Your introduction should include:
1)
Title and authors of primary
(stories we have read in class) texts
2)
Your thesis (Which depends on
the question you write about from above)
- Never
end a paragraph with a quote.
- Cite
outside sources within in your text; if it appears on your works cited
page it has to be used in the paper (direct quotes or paraphrasing).
- Always
keep in mind: is this quote proving and supporting my thesis? If not, do
not use it!
- WITHOUT
A WORKS CITED PAGE OR OUTSIDE SOURCES THE PAPER WILL FAIL
·
“Short Stories” (Quotation Marks)
·
Novels,
Plays and Films (Italics)
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