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    hard to forge. Through his use of symbolism and indirect characterization, August Wilson establishes his theme that finding and maintaining one’s identity is important in life. The title Joe Turner’s Come and Gone refers to Joe Turney, the brother of former Tennessee Governor Peter Turney. In the late 19th Century, Joe Turney was responsible for transporting black prisoners from Memphis to the Tennessee State Penitentiary, located in Nashville. However, he would often

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    daunted by Joe not because of something physical but because he acts as if he is superior to the citizens. Joe reinforces his superiority by acting like a white man who, in their culture, is superior to blacks. Joe imitates a white man by owning a house that resembles one of a white. Joe’s house is described as large, with two stories, porches, and bannisters. The house seems to resemble a house of a white plantation owner since it's a large, colonial style home. By owning the house, Joe is seen as

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    What is less recognized is the fact that Logan Killicks is also a foil to Joe Starks, and through that foreshadowing the character of Joe Starks. Logan does what he calls “spoiling” her for the better part of the year, by chopping wood for the fire and not forcing her to work, but then he grows tired of it, or as Nanny says, “He kissin’ yo’ foot and ‘tain’t

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    In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Janie is on a quest. Janie has been with three men throughout the story- Logan Killicks, Joe starks (Jody), and Tea Cake. Each of these men have helped Janie try and complete her journey. Throughout her relationships she grew more and more independent because she did not have her grandmother to rely on. She is on a journey in hope of becoming an independent women and seeking love. Logan Killicks was Janie’s first husband with whom she did not

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    In Janie’s second marriage with Joe Starks for example, Joe is controlling and dominating over her life. The silence of her soul is all that is left of the marriage. The author Mary Helen Washington from the collection of critical interpretations of Their Eyes Were Watching God feels that Janie

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    is a “central struggle between [a character and their own mind] in a story” (K+G 714). The relationship she has with Logan challenges her to find within herself to be subservient to someone else. After leaving Logan for Joe Starks, Janie becomes the mayor’s untouchable wife. Joe considers being a “mayor’s wife [as] something different…you ain’t goin’ off in all dat mess uh commonness” (Hurston 60). Now Janie holds a position beneath her husband. She is the mayor’s wife, which

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    Comedy”, Mathew R. Turner suggests that western comedy films both reinforce and subvert the conventions of their more serious classical counterparts in an attempt to “breathe new life into the genre”. While the author recognises that comedy “relies, to a certain extent, on the reversal of expectations”, he argues that the subgenre of western comedies actually has its own complex set of principles which can be observed throughout films belonging to the subgenre. To illustrate this Turner compares five

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    please others in order to be neglected and rejected. Race is a problem that appears a lot. Black people are not given the same treatment as white people since they are seen as mules that have to work all day long. Mrs. Turner and Janie have a conversation about race. “Mrs. Turner, like all believers had built an altar to the unattainable-Caucasian characteristics for all. Her god would smite her, would hurl her from pinnacles and lose her in deserts, but she would not forsake his altars”(145). Mrs

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    You see ten things and don’t understand one.’ Times and scenes like that put Janie to thinking about the inside state of her marriage. Time came when she fought back with her tongue as best as she could, but it didn’t do her any good. It just made Joe do more. He wanted her submission and he’s keep on fighting until he felt he had it.” (Hurston 71) (E) In this passage, Hurston effectively conveys the struggle of control and the roles of gender in a relationship. The dominating figure of the relationship

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    African American Religion

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    African American Religion Joe Turner’s Come and Gone Misty Ricard Before Africans were brought to America during the slave trade, they had their own culture and society. They had their own language and dance.  They also had their own religion.  History tells us that the Europeans justified their abuse toward the Africans as helping them become more civilized because the Africans lifestyle appeared primal to them and not as developed and industrialized as theirs. What

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