Big Joe Turner

Finding one’s soul mate is a difficult and lengthy process for most, as it is for Janie in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. She marries Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, and Tea Cake Woods who seem to be alike; however, the motives for the actions they each take are completely different. All three husbands are similar in the way that they all have expectations of Janie as a wife. Logan Killicks, Janies first husband, has expectations of Janie. His motives for his expectations

and standards. For example, after Janie visits her grandmother and tells her that she does not love Logan, her grandmother tells her, “You come head wid yo’ mouf full foolishness on uh busy day. Heah you got uh prop tuh lean on all yo’ bawn days, and big protection, and everybody got tuh tip dey hat tuh you and call you Mis’ Killicks, an you come worryin’ me ‘bout love” (Hurston 23). Her grandmother dismisses Janie’s feelings about love. Her grandmother believes that love will eventually come, but

classic African American love story entitled “Their Eyes Were Watching God” in 1937. Throughout the novel, Janie gets married three times in hopes of finding the contentment she has been searching for. Her first two marriages, with Logan Killicks and Joe Starks helps Janie realize that love does not automatically come from marriage. Her last marriage with Tea Cake shows her what true love is. After spending years seeking inner happiness and being a romantic dreamer, Janie becomes a dynamic character

In the 1950’s, Americans had come up with new ideas that shocked the world like television, an instant called Jell-O and new foods that were microwaveable dinners. The baby boom was big during the 1950’s. The baby boom was when their were more babies being made than ever before. Since there were more factories and job openings, more people were employed and more people were getting paid. Most families were living in suburbs because they could afford to buy houses with new jobs. This was all a part

was abolished. However, slavery was merely replaced by Jim Crow laws and segregations that continued to divide the colored from the white. Finally, the Civil Rights movement urged citizens to evolve from racist views. Yet even still racism plays a big part in our culture and is still heavily discussed; our current political climate only fuels the discussion. In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, both racism and colorism are touched on both a symbolical level as well as a literal

mainly helps Janie achieve her goals and her dreams. He plays as a very supportive role for Janie. • Logan – One of Janie’s husbands. When Janie and Logan are together, Janie is miserable as his wife. Logan treats Janie unfairly and is unromantic. • Joe Starks (Jody)– A man who secretly flirts with Janie for two weeks. He later becomes Janie’s second husband. Jody tells Janie that he will help her realize her dreams no matter what they are. He is known for his many jobs and is very well spoken. He

Drama: Joe Turner's Come and Gone In the play Joe Turner's Come and Gone, by August Wilson, symbolism plays a very important part in conveying the true meaning of the story to the reader. August Wilson uses symbolism to suggest an intangible condition or truth about the characters in Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and as the story progresses each symbol accrues complexity beyond the original meaning. August Wilson's complex use of symbolism is grossly demonstrated through Mr. Wilson's use of the

Zora Neale Hurston during her life was greatly criticized for her forms of writing, in this specific book Hurston depicted the “Negro” as a superior race while the “white” people seem to be extremely nonexistent. Hurston greatly believed in a form of “black power”, although her form in this book tends to be more of a complete representation of the part of the black community as it was till it went out of style and became viewed as illiterate. The whole book is written using an archaic form of English

another. The beginning of story started off with Spunk walking with Lena on his around in front of the loungers in the store. Then, in the store Elijah who is consider an instigator tells Joe that everyone in the store seen Spunk with his wife Lena on his arms. Elijah started the conversation by saying, “Say, Joe, how’s everything with up yo’way? How’s yo’ wife?”… (Hurston, 1925, 502). The setting at the store was a very important part of the story because the scene at the store is where the entire

various female characters. The dialogue pace is fast as characters were often overlapping each other. There is not permanent narrative in the film. However, The Big Sleep only features a brief narrative introductory explanation. Crime dominates this film with guns, murders, blackmail, and thugs. The declared femme fatale in The Big Sleep portrayed by Lauren Bacall is Vivian Rutledge. Vivian is the character who becomes Marlowe’s love interest. Vivian’s sternness vastly overshadows her seductive