Janie

 Janie of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" can be described in many ways because of how she adjusts to different situations within the story. When her grandmother firsts tells her to marry Logan Killicks of course she does not want to because for one she is young and doesn't even love him; although after their marriage she honestly hopes that somehow she'll fall in love with him. Then when she runs off and marries Joe Starks, with his sweet-talking character and he has money; he controls her and she submits, hiding her emotions within the walls of her mind. I feel like Janie always allowed herself to be in the positions that she's in therefore she suffers like a miserable mouse with no voice. Until Joe dies and she meets and later on marries the charming Tea Cake, although she's insecure and worried sometimes, with him she has finally found happiness she had been looking for...but how long will it last before Tea Cake runs away with everything she has like people believe will happen. 
Yes Janie Woods converts to the way Tea Cake lives but this time it isn't so much as submission, but just the way she wants to have it. I admire her for that and I feel like she is strong because of her past relationships.

Hemingway

          Hemingway is legend. His style is one that isn't easy to emulate. He is a writer who expresses real life using fiction; capable of making world famous pieces while going through the struggles of the everyday human. Hemingway's writing was influenced by Mark Twain. Had he surpassed his idol? Many could argue yes or no.
          Hemingway's personal life often showed in his writings, characters in his pieces came from those who had an impact on his life. Hemingway portraying himself with the character Nick Adams allows us to have an insight on his life by the iceberg theory. In many of his short stories Nick Adams appears i.e. "Big Two-Hearted River" and "A Way You'll Never Be". His writing is vivid, it's realistic, and every piece has a message of some sort. He was a great author who saw writing beyond just a pen and paper.

My Six Word Novels

So the purpose of this post is to recreate the legend of when Hemingway created his six word novel, the best out of all his friends.. so here go:

• Glory of Heaven, praises to God
• Witches hang.Confess to lies, live
• Having the spotlight on the stage
• Round two:quick action going forth
• I don't want any new friends.
• Eight marks new beginnings in life

John Proctor: Hero or Stooge

I think John Proctor is a straight up stooge. All though he may seem like he’s all for himself and his wife it’s more to that. There are a few characters in the play that use and fool him; I feel like two of them are his own wife Elizabeth and then there’s Abigail Williams.

First off, yes I know men are supposed to want to please their wives, but couldn’t there be sometimes when she takes advantage of that? I think Elizabeth probably was practicing some sort of witch craft… maybe. And so I feel like John was used by her when she got arrested because he went down to the court house and testified during the hearing etc. even though she gave him cold shoulders and kept throwing things of the past back into his face.

Then there’s the story with Abigail, of course we all know she wants him again. She’ll go to any lengths to get what she wants. Therefore Proctor was also used by her because since he had an affair with her and different people were being accused like his wife, he couldn’t accuse her because she would tell everyone that they had had an affair. So he had to be silent about that because she held the strings on the box of that secret.

So John Proctor IS a stooge.

There Goes The Neighborhood

I'm sure we all know of the times when Christopher Columbus "claimed" he discovered America which he thought was India. I'm sure we all know about the colonial times, thirteen colonies, pilgrimage etc. etc. But anyways has anyone ever thought to think about how they natives felt as their land was being taken over by foreigners? Well now we can take the time to consider that...
Imagine yourself in the shoes of the natives. Here you are sculpting a clay figurine or working on building a new teepee and a grand ship pulls up on the coast of the land. You're frightened because these are people unknown to the land, they have skin pure as snow and are covered from head to toe. They own things that you've never seen before and possess a tongue that is strange. They've come to takeover, you are sure of it. But you wonder if your people will be able to stop them because they seem like people of peace and kindness because they bring little trinkets from their homeland. You are wiser than that...
In modern day communities when people of different backgrounds i.e. race, lifestyle, culture, and religion move within the same area there may or may not be conflicts. People can choose to either stick with their own people or associate with people that are different. However, some may feel their way of life is the right way or the god who they believe in is the highest god, etc and that might cause rivalry between the two. In addition, it could also introduce and expose narrow-minded people to new things, maybe led to conversion of religious beliefs and other things. It just all depends on the mindsets of the kinds of people living within that area.