I finished reading Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God for one of my literature courses. I’m pretty eager to get back into the classroom to talk about it. For those of you that have read it, I’m not 100% sure that I understand the context of Janie’s relationship with the character Tea Cake. Looking at Janie’s life and relationships as a whole, there’s a lot of feminist theory arguments there, especially if you’re reading into the tree, but I feel like when he actually hit her it left a loose end. Her second husband did it to prove something to himself, but it’s arguable that ‘Mr. Right’ did it for the same exact reason. Though he did say that he didn’t do it for power, his reasoning are almost identical. Is this intentional or am I missing something? This is a very powerful story, and I think Hurston’s study of anthropology really shows. I highly recommend this book.
I just stared reading Gibson’s Virtual Light this morning. I’m actually not enjoying it. If I’m not interested by page 100, then it’s going back on the shelf. Now I need to get back to a thesis blueprint.
Before we leave for summer break I am going to ask you a question, you will have to wait to find out what this question is when that time comes.
Is it the kind of thing you want to allude to on a public blog?
Its perfectly fine, its not a bad question or anything.