Tuesday and Wednesday

Wednesday:
Today in class we did the following:
1. turnitin.com discussion
2. Stranger page 1/meetings with Manning
Homework:
ROUGH DRAFTS ARE DUE TOMORROW!!! Bring a paper copy of your draft to class and turn your draft in to turnitin.com BEFORE class.
ID: 5599395
PW: honeybooboo
DO NOT FORGET TO ANALYZE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND DISCUSS SPECIFIC CHOICES HURSTON IS MAKING!


Tuesday:
Today in class we did the following:
1. Using quotations (hand out)
2. Outline workshop (hand out)

Example Introductions:
1. In the selected passage from Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston develops Janie as captive to her own dependence on men. The passage, set in Janie’s home, is an argument between Jody and Janie, as the former lies on his death bed. The dynamic characterization of Janie throughout this passage, the alliterative imagery and the internal conflict all point towards Janie’s inability to function alone and thus, be free; Janie is incapable of fighter with her captor, on whom she is dependent, until he is dying. Hurston implies that Janie cannot free herself, only imprison herself in dependency.  

2.In the selected passage form TEWWG, ZNH integrates the idea of death as a superior force that consumes everything in its path. The specified passage, encapsulated in the mind of Janie, explores the deteriorating condition of sickly Joe and the dreary presence of death ensuing Janie and the townspeople. In this passage, Hurston shows that Joe’s power rapidly declines with his health, while being superceded by the looming presence of death within Janie, the townspeople and the town itself. Thereby, Hurston portrays to the reader that death inevitably takes possession of the power of the fallen and subjugates that dreary power to the former influenced.