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(speaker) waited to see if her audience would quiet down. When they didn't she shushed them gently before continuing. "Frances was in a little trouble with her father. When the food her family had began to run out her father was not happy. But when he went to show the family the empty food store house, God filled it with food and wine." Several of the children listening gaped silently. "From then on her husband and father-in-law believed in God and her efforts to help the poor. Frances sold her jewelry and gave the money to the poor."

All of this takes place in a rural town of West Florida called Eatonville in the early twentieth century. I was amazed at the story, symbols and images that this novel creates. The symbolism and metaphorical language used also brought interest and an urge to want to read more. In the novel Their eyes were watching God by Hurston Zora, Janie Crawford is a black middle aged woman who has an intriguing story to tell. She has been away from her home town for few years and comes back to be welcomed by harsh and barely near factual gossip and criticism. In life, criticism is inevitable like death, whether it’s positive or negative. What I found interesting is how Janie brushes off and takes no offense to the harsh gossip from her neighbors when she returned. The reason for that is because Janie left and found herself, she has lived life, got married a couple of times and know what life is outside of her town. She knew what love was and also knew what it felt like to be happy and hurt. Janie Crawford experienced things that any of the females who gossiped about her hasn’t.

Randall Kenan born in Brooklyn, NY 1963 was raised by his grandparents in a rural community in North Carolina. In 1985, he graduated the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in English and creative writing. One of his instructors recommended him for a job for and editor at Random House where he was an eventual assistant to senior editor’s prestigious subsidiary, Alfred A. Knopf. (Fountain) Kenan’s first novel, A Visitation of Spirits, was published in 1989, and a collection of stories, Let the Dead Bury the Dead, followed in 1992. He has written five other works and has received numerous awards. (RandallKenan.com) Randall Kenan is a talented African-American author of the present era who writes about the human condition. He not only writes about what it is like to be a black man in the south, but he throws in homosexuality into the bible belt. Kenan repeatedly pits homosexual characters against an oppressive, closed minded community that is against new views of acceptance and equality of the times. With these themes of racial and sexual identity, forgiveness and acceptance; “Kenan, perhaps one of the first Southern authors to openly analyze the struggles of homosexuals, he subtly intertwines common concerns and ideals from the Civil Rights Era and parallels the Gay Rights Movement of today.” (Turley)

By closely examining both The Other Wes Moore and The Scarlet Letter it can be concluded that both of these novels have a strong recurring theme

Pastor Fisher’s goal for her children she ministers is to be as dedicated to God as “the enemy” (Muslim children) are to fighting a war for Allah because of their strong belief and dedication to Islam."I want to see young people who are as committed to the cause of Jesus Christ as the young people are to the cause of Islam," she tells the camera. "I want to see them radically laying down their lives for the gospel, as they are over in Pakistan and Israel and Palestine." Fisher bases her sermons on the Bible and social issues (abortion, evolution, sin, the president at the time, George W. Bush, etc). The

Wes Moore, is the author of “The Work and, The Other Wes Moore.” In the novel, “The Other Wes Moore, the author writes about his childhood and that of another young male child with the same exact name, Wes Moore. The children both lived blocks apart from each other, close in age, lack of resources, both fatherless, troubled children, delinquency, and no dreams, both just seeking ways to survive childhood. However, both decided to take two different paths in life. e other Wes Moore is in prison for life for killing a police officer during a burglary. He received life without parole. Wes Moore, the author or “The Work” is now living a purposeful life.

Nadia Bolz-Weber is a female pastor that is on her spiritual journey to learn more about herself. She would have never become a great pastor without living through the experiences she went through. When talking about her spiritual journey, she brings up certain concepts that portray who she really is. I could understand and relate to some of her stories. She teaches herself and talks about others things nobody usually thinks of. She brought up many important stories that changed her life and brought her closer to herself. Nadia talks about concepts, such as self, forgiveness, and purpose.

For the longest time in her life, she reasoned with the final judger, and her redemption all add up to the spiritual plight that we all must take in life. Everyone may not all be Christians, but the journey of spirituality applies to everyone. We all must travel it at some point. We all know it, and that makes this story common to us all.

It takes place during a specific time in history during the Civil Rights Movement and it included an actual historic event, when the church was attacked. In the novel the dad said, “I know you’ve seen on on the news what’s happening in some parts of the South, right?’” Kenny continued to learn about what people were doing to kids and people like him. “ We’d seen the pictures of a bunch of really

Obviously organized religion found a way to interject itself into the forefront of these stories, as it often did back then, and Chapter Two is dedicated to tracking the Church’s initial responses towards

The book I am reading is “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston. The first chapter is very interesting because it shows how envy the residents are and gives background history of marriage. The setting takes place in Southern Town In the 1800’s. A woman called Janie Starks comes down the main, while a group of resident gathered in Pheoby Watson Porch, talking about her muddy overall. The women residents envy her beauty and her long hair. They way the women residents talk about Janie can tell how jealous they are by her and the way the envy her. The residents talk about how Janie left the town with the younger man named Tea Cake and he took her money and left her for a younger women. Janie explains to Phoebe her best friend in Eatonville,

Stacy Tuttle, has briefly mentioned that the quotes aren’t exactly from Pastor Lee, but rather from him and his wife. Tuttle takes the setting and the background into a play script format. Then she gets into the quotes Pastor Lee and his wife say. Tuttle uses a pattern, by saying the question first and then proceeding to Pastor Lee’s answer to the question. Tuttle includes a few facts after the interview. The quotes are credible for they hold Pastor Lee’s opinions which are then supported by

This then? This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God,

She does this in hopes to connect or relate to the majority of religious people during this time frame. Marias word choice helps readers

The woman was very happy with those within her community of the synagogue because they gave good insight to those around that were interested. Dorothy loved their Rabbi because she was open to anyone asking questions about what they followed.