Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Quote 1

“But Ah’m uh man even if Ah is de ... Mayor. But de mayor’s wife is somethin’ different again. Anyhow they’s liable tuh need me tuh say uh few words over de carcass, dis bein’ uh special case. But you ain’t goin’ off in all dat mess uh commonness."

Joe hides his fear of losing Janie behind rhetoric of a woman having no place in the "mess uh commonness" that this mockery of a funeral will bring together. By dominating Janie, Joe doesn’t realize that he’s keeping her physically to himself, but losing her emotionally.

Chapter 6 Quote 2

"Somebody got to think for women and chillun and ... chickens and cows. I god, they sho don’t think none their selves."
"Ah knows uh few things, and womenfolks thinks sometimes too!"
"Aw naw they don’t. They just think they’s thinkin’. When Ah see one thing Ah understandsten. You see ten things and don’t understand one."

Joe considers women on the same intellectual level as children and domesticated animals. He imposes this view on Janie, never considering how it feels to be a woman. When she protests, he gets more adamant, attempting to maintain a position of authority by harping on women’s stupidity and lack of perception.

Chapter 5

Quote 1

Ah’m goin’ see de man. You cannot have no ... town without some land to build it on. Y’all ain’t got enough here to cuss a cat on without gittin’ yo’ mouf full of hair."

Joe’s sense of pride almost requires humbling others around him. His sense of pride demands that he go purchase more land, but he also insults the men of Eatonville with his "cuss a cat" comment.

Quote 2

"But now, Sam, you know dat all he do ... is big-belly round and tell other folks what tuh do. He loves obedience out of everybody under de sound of his voice.”

After Joe dismisses Pitts from service for stealing from him, the men of Eatonville begin to notice and chafe under Joe’s pride. They recognize him as primarily a voice always commanding others. Joe takes pleasure in having the town’s obedience, but his pride requires that others’ are humiliated.

Chapter 4

Quote 1

You behind a plow! You ain’t got ... no mo’ business wid uh plow than uh hog is got wid uh holiday! You ain’t got no business cuttin’ up no seed p’taters neither. A pretty doll-baby lak you is made to sit on de front porch and rock and fan yo’self and eatp’taters dat other folks plant just special for you."

Joe has a different conception of a woman’s proper role than Logan. What Janie does not realize is that Joe doesn’t think that pampering a woman is necessary because she’s a valuable human being, but because she’s a valuable object. This is not so different from Logan after all, who also considers Janie an object. For Joe, women are objects to look at, for Logan they’re objects to be utilized.

Quote 2

"S’posin’ Ah wuz to run off and leave yuh ... sometime."
The thought put a terrible ache in Logan’s body, but he thought it best to put on scorn
"Ah’m sleepy. Ah don’t aim to worry mah gut into a fiddlestring wid no s’posin’." He flopped over resentful in his agony and pretended sleep. He hoped thathe had hurt her as she had hurt him.

Even though Logan has trouble showing it in any way that Janie can understand, he does indeed love Janie and deeply fears losing her. That she would voice his deepest fear to him so casually hurts Logan so much that he wants to hurt her back out of spite. This harkens back to the idea of love as painful.

Chapter 3

Quote 1

Well, if he do all dat whut you come ... in heah wid uh face long as mah arm for?"
"Cause you told me Ah wuz gointer love him, and, and Ah don’t. Maybe if somebody was to tell me how, Ah could do it."
"You come head wid yo’ mouf full uh 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, and you come worryin’ me ‘bout love

Janie still considers the idea of love essential to a marriage and she believes that because she still doesn’t love Logan. She earnestly wants to love the man and make the marriage work, but Nanny brushes her worries off as frivolous. In Nanny’s eyes, Janie should be happy simply with her property and status as a respectably married woman; love is irrelevant.

Quote 2

"He don’t even never mention nothin’ pretty."
She began to cry.
"Ah ... wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak whenyou sit under a pear tree and think. Ah…"

Janie’s innocent ideas about love and marriage being like her experience under the pear tree are being eroded away by her marriage to Logan. When Logan shows no tendencies to even try to achieve this type of immortal beauty, Janie feels cheated.

Chapter 2

Quote 1

Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered

Janie was unmovable, yet her heart shivered like a leaf. In the mist of reality. Her reality love is in all ways what it’s cracked up to. Though routed she was fragile, and her pain was open for all to see. Her eyes were the window of her soul, and all who looked into them, could see a piece and broken heart.

Quote 2

The vision of Logan Kellicks was desecrating the pear tree ... but Janie didn’t know how to tell Nanny that.She merely hunched over and pouted at the floor.

Janie’s ideal of love is set by her experience under the pear tree, an experience that was highly romanticized and glamorized in her sixteen-year-old eyes. Thus the idea of marrying an ugly old man for no other reason than to please Nanny is repugnant to Janie and "desecrates" her idealized vision of love.

Chapter 1

Quote 1

Now, women forget all the things they don’t want to remember, and remember all the things they don’t want to forget.

Women forget things that hurts them, things that’s expose their vulnerability. They put up a protective shield so that they won’t be destroyed by seen and unseen enemies. What women choose to remember, becomes object lessons. They also remember things that are pleasant to the heart and souls, and are passed on from generations to generations. And while remembering, their protective shields are down, and their souls are receptive to things they choose to remember.

Quote 2

Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.

Love makes the heart grow fonder. And whether mental or physically distance, a man’s heart, a man’s crests, man’s intimately, is still wanted and needed. Even if hearts are broken, and the pain is unbearable, the wishes are still very deep routed.

My dream career

One of the most common dreams of young African American children is to make it to the National Basketball Association. I believe I have the potential of becoming a member of the NBA. I also believe it takes hard work and determination as well. It takes hard work because all of the practice you will have to put in to improve your game. Then it takes determination because you must be determined to stay committed to your practice schedule.

The main step I need to take to get into the NBA is making sure my grades are together. My grades are a major factor because I need to get into college for a least one year to get into the NBA, and I would not get into college without having good grades. All I have to do is stay focus, do all the work that is assigned to me, go to school, and study. If I follow these steps I can do pretty good in school, and that will put me one step closer into making it to the NBA.

Then there is the requirement of going to college. That is why I have to keep my grades together. There is also the alternate route of going to play overseas, but I believe you should have a backup plan, and without an education you cannot get a good paying job.

Another factor that people do not usually consider is to eat properly. The average height of a NBA player is 6’6, and the average weight of a NBA player is 221 pounds. I currently weigh 153 pounds and I’m 5’8. If I plan to go pro, I have to get my weight and height up, and I achieve that by eating the proper foods.

Then there is also the simple fact that I need to get better. I need to work on every attribute possible. I need to improve my jump shot, dribbling skills, defense, rebounding, and much more. The way I can accomplish this goal is to play in as many basketball leagues as possible. There is the AAU, The Family, church leagues, and of course high school. The more I play the better I get and I believe I can take this basketball very far.

I also feel having friends or connections is a great asset to getting into the pros. Friends will help me because they can be there for me and support me. They are also there to give advice on how to play or get into the NBA. Connections are good in any career choice, and if I have connections, that just puts me that much closer to make it. I already have plenty of friends that know basketball and that are there to help and support me. I do have a few connections with college coaches, and I currently have scouts showing interest in my game, but I need more.

In conclusion if I continue to work hard and put in 110% I believe I have a pretty good chance to make it into the pros and fulfill my dream. I also feel that if I follow the steps I presented to you in this paper that will just better my chances by so much.