Journal #1 for Their Eyes Were Watching God: Reader response: How do you perceive Janie? How do you perceive the narrator? Be thorough and thoughtful and use textual evidence to defend your answer.
1.I feel that the narrator is very descriptive, but seems pessimistic at first. The narrator seems to be a feminist as well. By the end of chapter 1, the narrator has a feeling of being almost a reflection of Janie, young and care free but hit hard by life.
" Now, women forget all those things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly. ... She had come back from the sodden and the bloated; the sudden dead, their eyes flung wide open in judgment." (p.1)
"They sat there in the fresh young darkness close together. Pheoby eager to feel and do through Janie, but hating to show her zest for fear it might be thought mere curiosity."(p.7)
2.I feel that Janie is a bit of a joker. She seems to just want to have fun, laugh, and enjoy life. She is living like she is young and not letting anything stand in her way.
"'Here, Pheoby, take yo' ole plate. Ah ain't got a bit of use for a empty dish. Dat grub sho come in handy.'"(p.5)
"Janie full of that oldest human longing - self revelation."(p.7)
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