HELP PLEASE HELP PLEASE Their Eyes Were Watching God- Journal Topics

Directions: Respond to the journal prompt in a minimum of 100 words.

Chapters 9/10: What is your first impression of Tea Cake? What do you feel are his motives? Why? Who would you choose to play him in a film?

Chapters 11/12: Do you think that Janie has finally found a man who truly loves her back? Explain. Predict what you think will happen.

Chapter 13: can an individual have more than one soul mate? Explain your opinion.

Chapter 14/15: Why do you think Hurston chose the name Tea Cake for Janie’s third husband? What symbolic meaning could his name have?

Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. peters. she was piecing a quilt. (she brings the large sewing basket, and they look at the bright pieces.) mrs. hale. it’s log cabin pattern. pretty, isn’t it? i wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. the sheriff enters, followed by hale and the county attorney.) sheriff. they wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (the men laugh, the women look abashed.) county attorney (rubbing his hands over the stove). frank’s fire didn’t do much up there, did it? well, let’s go out to the barn and get that cleared up. (the men go outside.) how would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene? by emphasizing the variety of props used by showing the men’s facial expressions by highlighting the characters’ costumes by focusing on the actions of the women