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==Their Eyes Were Watching God- Cultural Differences::: == posted by daniel breed __//Introduction//__ ** As we enter the beginning of the novel, right there we notice the language usage of words. Some people in this world are from foreign countries or even different parts of the world where they are raised differently than others. For example, people from Germany, Philippines, Japan, China, Texas, and even New York may have heavy accents when they try to speak a different or the same language. In the novel, we experience few ladies who talk differently than other human beings do. The way they pronounce words may sound different to you than the way you would speak it. **

//__Chapter 1__// Most men on the other hand think on only one side of their brains. **
 * Women tend to think with both their brains, meaning that when we use our brains, we think mentally and emotionally. Also, when we create special memories with one another we choose to reminisce on them as the years go by. For example, when relationships come to an end, women can never forget the memorable experiences they shared with their partners. We choose to forget the less important things and let it pass by.

__//Chapter 1//__ **I can foreshadow that this book is going to have a big part on the segregation of America. I can also tell like Danny that they are probably Deep South because of their accents and lack of education which was a very wide thing through out the south that would go untouched for many more years to come.** __//Chapter 1//__ **We are in the time period of the Civil War. I do know that we are in one were white and black were still separated, but then again you have the main character melded into the "whites" for a while. She is made fun of because of her attitude, the way she dresses, and the way she lives. I think that in the novel we are in the deep south by the way they talk. They have little education and their grammar is not the best.- dharrington**

//__Chapter 2 __// **When the people looked at their class picture, they all noticed there was a colored child. They all had fun playing with each other until they began to tease Janie about living in the "white folks' back-yard. Miss Washburn would dress Janie up in clothes that the white children didn't need anymore. Her nanny mentions that the black men are the ones with the power, but the white men are like "slaveowners" that tell whatever they want for the black people to do. The white men are the "rulers." Also, the nanny says that black women are the mules of the world, and " colored folks is branches without roots and that makes things come round in queer ways."**

//__Chapter 2__// **Daniel breed To be the only different person would make you feel so uncomfortable you would feel like you where the new person at your school every day. You really could not help to feel misplaced in a group of people that do not except you for who you are and for it to be worse it’s a bunch of horrible elementary school children.** //__Chapter 2__// **Janie finds out that she is black instead of white which rocks her world. In that culture the differences in black and white are completely opposite. In that time black people wore raggy clothes and white people wore nice clothes so when she would go to school that children would tease her because she dressed different, she dressed “white.” It shows the big differences in the way people perceived white culture and black culture back then that even clothes could separate you. We also find out that Janie is mixed. At that time and with that culture mixing was a really bad thing. dharrington **

//__Chapter 3__// **The nanny mentions that all black women are prong to love. “Dats just whut’s got us uh pullin’ and uh haulin’ and sweatin’ and doing from can’t see in de morning’ till can’t see at night.” Also she mentions that folks say that being a fool would not harm a person, but sweat, meaning more stress and pain to one self. ** <span style="COLOR: rgb(35,26,26)">**__<span style="COLOR: rgb(136,1,1); FONT-FAMILY: Georgia,serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">//Chapter3// Daniel breed Janie is going to be married to Logan and is not sure if she loves him but hopes that love will come naturally after the marriage. which defeats the purpose of marriage I think in all ways possible you are suppose to love and want to spend the rest of your life with that person. The cultural differences are not too different from todays because I think people have lost the concept of marriage. Marriage is supposed to be some thing that means something. You can’t just give up on your spouse that’s not how marriage works. People have been getting married for the wrong reasons for years. __**

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 * In this chapter we began to experience the cultural difference of dating. Nanny wants to kind of market Janie off to men which at the time period it happened a lot with women and their parents or sur-parents had like a date doctor and they would find a suitable match for the person. Nowadays the date doctor is the man or women who finds out who they want and pursues them themselves. Which is right? I don’t know because I didn’t experience the other type but culturally dating has made many parents look at our generation as a generation without standards or without a clear view of who we are or that we are immature. dharrington**

<span style="COLOR: rgb(188,6,6); FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(65,52,52)">//__Chapter 4__// Daniel breed The culture has changed a lot since this period. Men can’t just buy a woman’s respect and love they have to earn it. Women all ways where expected to do a lot of work like how Logan believed that Janie should do manual labor because he thought she was spoiled so he worked her to the bone. Its no wonder she left him.Men are supposed to spoil there woman isn’t that right Mrs.Ruuamau

<span style="COLOR: rgb(31,15,15); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(251,248,248)"> __//Chapter 4 You have the ever coming arguement weather women should be pampered or should they work. Except it doesn't really matter to Janie which one she does. Some women nowadays won't do work outside of the house at all and some won't stand to do work thats strictly confined to the household. Then Jody comes along and offers her love and other such things and leave. Which also is it right or wrong? Its hard to say because of what was going on in the household.Dharrington

Chapter 5//__ -Maryanne Alviar **
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(248,242,248); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(195,55,230)">Sam Watson said to let the colored folk to learn to work for what they get like everybody else because no one stopped the Pitts from planting the cane he wanted to. He wants to make the world be fair to one another and not judging them by their race and skin color. Bishop Whipple, W.B. Jackson, and the Vanderpool's were white folks that lived in nice promenading white houses while colored people lived in small shacks with and "smaller houses"

<span style="COLOR: rgb(250,245,245); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(205,19,19)">__// Chapter 5 The culture difference here is between the "stereotypic black person" and the "white" black man. It seems to me that the stereotypical one is the lazy one in this chapter while the "white" one is Jody. I personally think that both are wrong and horrible ot say because i have seen both and just because one does some and the other does the rest doesn't make them the total people.**Dharrington**

Chapter 5//__ Daniel breed

Jody is given the spot as mayor of Eatonville just because of his power of politics and money. Eatonville had no mayor before Jody came around flashing his money and his girl. He expands Eatonville fifty acres to 250 acres buying the land from Captain Eaton in cash. This just shows that rich people are different then poor people because before he came around with his money they didn’t need a mayor or ruler but rich people need strict order and they never can have enough money or stop working they all ways have to strive for more.

Chapter 6 Daniel brings up a good point. She hasn't once been treated right by the men she has in her life. Well for a period of time and it still wasn't the 100 percent it was like 30-40. It is a stereotype that most men fall under in this world. And its right for the most part. Most men nowadays are friking jerks and pigs. They don't know how to treat a women the right way much less talk to her right. Its disgusting sometimes with what i see.**Dharrington**

//__Chapter 6__// Daniel breed

Why it is that Janie is never treated with the full respect that she deserves. It seems that every man in her life disrespects her and treats her as if she is a child. Jody is all ways telling her she can’t do stuff just because she is a lady and that’s not how a lady acts. This is saying that guys can act like pigs just because there guys now tell me if that seems fare to the lady’s out there.

Chapter 7 HE HIT HER! I know that in today's culture it isn't right at all. It makes me angry that no one did anything about it and in that culture they watched. And If it was ours i would whoomp(beat-up) that guy. And i would take the girl away from him. Even if it was a one time thing Janie didn't deserve that.dharrington


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 * Many people express the meaning of love in different ways. As for Janie, She shows or "wants" to show Joe Starks that she loves him by simly showing him. In other words, she accepts him for who is he and not judging him by the way he looks. She just wants someone to be there for her when she is down, she needs someone to help her forget how badly she has been treated from past guys, and lastly, she just needs respect and compassion from her husband. Joe Starks showed love by simply giving Janie whatever she wanted. He was rude and inconsiderate for the things he had said to his wife by punching her for the embarrasment she gave him, and never said or expressed the words of "I love you." Janie is getting tired of the way her husband is treating her and so she loses her cool and became more humble, ambition was useless, and there was nothing to do in life, because it was useless.**

Daniel breed Janie’s soul is breaking down from being with Jody and having to do hard labor every day. She would like to run away but she feels she may have become unattractive and know one might take her in so she stays with Jody. I don’t think this would happen now days because people mostly think about them selves. If they don’t like something they don’t do it the world has become lazy quitters.
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//__Chapter 8__// Daniel breed Jody is about to die and gossip goes around town that Janie is poisoning him. They drift apart more and more to the point where he won’t accept her cooking. She knows he is really sick and needs to see a doctor so she sends for a real doctor from Orlando. This shows that people no matter what have some kind of soul and can’t just let a person die with out helping them.

Chapter 8 Jody is dying and he still isn't nice to Janie. He is as bitter as ever. In most times when someone is dying they usually try to mend things up with the people they love. But he is still mean and finally she goes off. In that culture were the wifes suppose to be calm and stuff? Cause if that was me i would have freaked a long time ago.Dharrington

<span style="COLOR: rgb(248,153,42); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(31,80,158)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(246,148,35); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(64,222,237)">//__Chapter 8__//  <span style="COLOR: rgb(248,153,42); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(31,80,158)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(246,148,35); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(64,222,237)"> It's a shame when you realize how bad you treated your spouse when it's already too late to make it up. Jody Starks is very sick and there is nothing to do about it. Although his life was almost to an end, he still didn't appreciate his wife, Janie. He was still rude to her and didn't want to see her in his sick room. They told each other that they don't really know each other, and she missed the old days when he was a better person to her. Divorces were a thing to late, so her best friend said, but at a situation like that, there really is no need of one anymore. **

<span style="COLOR: rgb(47,93,4); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(240,151,15)">**__//Chapter 9//__ Every since Joe Starks died, The environment has not been the same, but not really for Janie. As for her, even though she is a widow, she feels like her freedom is back. She thinks about him about some of the good times she had with him to make her have a little happiness in her life. Such as, "Ah'm an educated man, Ah keep mah arangements in mah hands". Ever since her husband died, Janie had many admirers in and out of town, but they were very respectful to her. Many people think that if someone close to you dies and it doesn't seem like you care too much about it, they will think that you are not sorry for them. Even though many people think that, they shouldn't judge Janie because they don't know the background on the two of them, and they dont know how Joe has been treating Janie. Although he was mayor of the whole town, and many people were proud of him for what he did to uplift the environment, they would think that Janie wasn't a good sport of him, and think that she was not a good wife.** Chapter 9 So its a little while after Jody has died and a man named Tea Cake camed and showed up. In most cultures she would be off the market for a lonnng time, but here he startes hitting on her. Also they go home late together which at that time was a bigggg deal. However nowadays it isn't which is sad. And the town instead of helping gossips which is the same as ours. But its understandable to us having the knowlegde of how she has been treated.Dharrington

<span style="COLOR: rgb(248,247,247); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(201,88,243)">**//__Chapter 10__// A guy named Tea Cake arrived to the store and started talking to Janie. She thought that he would be just one of the regular customers in the store to purchase something, but he came there to socialize and make her have a good time by giving her laughs and making her feel like she has known him for so long. All people want in this world is to be accepted in life. Some get the man/woman they had always dreamed of having, and some get a person who is all dependent on money or just in the relationship for no strong meaning of love. As for Janie, she had 2 men in her life who did not really "care" for her. All she wanted was to be loved and be respected like any woman would want to be treated.**

Chapter 10 Tea Cake helps janie lock up the store. Very gentlemen like, but says otherwise in most cultures. She seems to like him because eh treats her like men in every culture sure. With respect and he treats her like shes an equal but not in the sense that she should work just as he does. Their age is a big cultural thing. He is half her age and in most cultures that is a huge mistake.Dharrington Chapter 11 So in most cultures when a younger man digs a older women with money or the other way most people think that its for the money. And that is was she is thinking here. And TC(I am going to use this for Tea Cake) wants to show her different. So he comes back one day in the morning and then leaves for work. He comes back a week or so later and he drives up in a car. And then they make their relationship public, but it isn't taken to well because of the ideas about age in that culture. So they head to the big picnic.Dharrington

Janie didn't realize that she enjoyed talking with Tea Cake. He was a man, a person who treated her like how a man should treat a woman. Tea Cake caught fish for him and Janie and cleaned them while Janie fried it. He played the piano for her and began singing the blues. She really admired him for the things he did to make Janie happy. In society, people want to move on with their lives, but they dont know when the right time should be. In my perspective, i believe that you would meet the right person when you least expect it. It is the way in which Janie and Tea Cake met. They socialized, had a good time, and talked more. She knew that she wanted to be with him even though he was too young for her. He was in his mid 20's and she was in her 40's. ** Chapter 12 After the picnic the town came alive with gossip. Janie and TC don't really care at all. And with the belief that this is how it happens her best friend tells her that he is going to leave her and take her money. Which ties in that in most cultures the women view men as pigs. She hasn't been this happy ever and the town is talking about how she is acting even though Jody died. Their culture also believes she should marry someone in the community and that is well off also.Dharrington
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It was then when then town began noticing Tea Cake and Janie being together. This meant unhappy people which leads to gossiping and DRAMA. Janie didn't care if they were talking about her. She was just happy to be with someone who knew her well and treated her like a human being who exsisted in this world. Her best friend told her that he would be like her last 2 husbands and leave her once he has all her money, but Janie didn't believe or think that at all. All men are not the same, some for the better and some for the worse. You would know if you wanted to spend the rest of your life with that person because you can just feel it. Unlike Joe Starks, he just wanted to give her everything, but he didnt treat her like a wife. **
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Chapter 13 So close to slipping up. TC had taken her money and for a second proved all the bad things that culture says about men today. Janie started to worry that it was true, which no offense but is what most women do in most cultures. TC comes back says he lost it gambling which portrayes to the theory that most men drink and gamble. He tells her he will win it back for he lost it all and he ends up winning it back and more.Dharrington

Why is it that people think the worse of people when they are gone? For me, i just think that its a natural feeling of love. He went off with her secret money that was pinned to her dress, and so she thought he was going to be like her last two husbands who took her money. He returned late that night and explained to her that he took the money but promised to give it all back the next day because it was pay day at his job. He told her she married a good person who was the master at gambling, and told her he'll win it all back for her. So that day, he was practicing for his gambling game and went off to play. Many think that they wont be addicted to gambling when they grow up because they get so into it and dont realize how much money they lost. As for Tea Cake, he plays to gamble, but not to the point where he is flat broke. ** Chapter 14 They go to the everglades to work in the "muck" and they are having the best time in their lives. TC is working during the day and then the party comes home with him and they are gambling and playing guitar and all sorts of things. Janie is still staying home and cooking and other such things. But after a while she gets lonely and do does TC so she deicideds to work with him. But it isn't like Logan's. She wants to do this with TC and has fun doing it. Which brings up should women work? Apparentally TC believes its their choice which i also believe too. But they should support their family from the house too with kids.Dharrington
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Tea Cake and Janie were like the perfect couples to be. They fished together and they supported each other. He taught her how to hunt and how to aim right at the target. Most people have "jobs" to attend, meaning they wouldn't have time to bond with each other and feel how good it is to be with one another. She felt loved and like the luckiest woman in the world to have a man like Tea Cake in her life. **
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<span style="COLOR: rgb(218,209,68); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(78,42,203)">**<span style="COLOR: rgb(240,229,229)">__<span style="COLOR: rgb(194,25,156); BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(24,38,170)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(215,226,44)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(193,239,78)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(248,242,242)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(215,51,51)">Chapter 15 <span style="COLOR: rgb(9,196,200)">Janie was jealous! Some woman was talking to her husband in the style of "flirting." Just like any woman in this society, your instincts on love would act out. You want to know what they were talking about, what was going on between them, and you would feel like a person who was not good enough to your spouse that he has to go around and flirt around. Just like any real love, Tea Cake explains to her that she took his tickets and had to get them back. People in our society always intend to think in the worst of someone, mainly because you truly really love that person. You just need to accept the truth and move on. __ ** Basically, Janie meets Mrs. Turner, a black skinned woman who is against her own race. She dislikes black people. In our world, there are many people who are racist, even to their own skin color! Some can't accept colors because they could either be afraid to confront the way they feel or they just feel like they have more rights than others. As for me, i feel like we should accept everyone for the way they are. We don't choose to be a certain color, and we should be proud of who we are are and accept the truth. **
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Some people these days like to prove that they are the "head" of the family by simply showing it by beating their wives or simply proving who is the "boss." Tea Cake wanted to show his friends that he was still in the possession of Janie by hitting her and his friends said that he was lucky to have someone like her because if they hit a black woman, they would start fussing around and hitting back, and by the next day, You couldn't tell that you hit that person. Not like Janie. Although Janie was a black woman, she was different. She never fought back because simply, she loved Tea Cake, but she did have a mark on her face. Different people express their love for one another in various ways. Some take it out on their wives/husbands and some communicate physically or verbally. But no matter what, they still love the person that they are with.
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Chapter 18 They are saying that Indians are dumb and that they don't know anything. In my opinion, it doesnt matter what culture you are from because no one is perfect in this world. You can be any color in this world but you shouldn't be categorized into how smart or dumb you are. **

author Zora Neale Hurston posted by daniel breed