Time is a gift many take for granted; a gift many use to their advantage and act like it is nothing at all. Yet there are those who use time wisely, taking caution of every second they use. Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” explains how a memory has the capability to stay with one forever no matter the initial impact, and the truth to that memory. “The Things They Carry,” Tim O’Brien’s war story, talks about how time gives one the ability to realize who one is, through all the obstacles one might face. While in “Outliers” Malcom Gladwell stands by the idea that time is a key to success, if one wants anything in life, time is practice to get there. Khlaed Hossieni’s novel “The Kite Runner” is based on how one gains redemption
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Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God recreates a story of a woman named Janie, and the life she lives to find love. Hurston feelings strongly about the idea of a memory staying with one forever, no matter how strongly it may have impacted one. She explains that no matter how much one tries to change the past, it is the truth and the truth cannot be altered. How knowing and accepting the truth may be hard, but not hard enough not forget. “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” (Hurston 1). The diction used creates power with words such as “forget and truth.” Forgetting the meaning of truth is impossible according to Hurston, rather acknowledging the truth is final and remembering it or not is easy. “Truth” is a powerful word; it is the answer no one truly wants. To use the word “truth” is bravery, it is courage, and for one who uses it knows no one would want to realize its potential. Hurston’s dictions exemplifies the importance of what truth is, and the idea most would not want to acknowledge, the idea of remembering truth; remembering memories that may have been hurtful, ones that can never escape the
Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God recreates a story of a woman named Janie, and the life she lives to find love. Hurston feelings strongly about the idea of a memory staying with one forever, no matter how strongly it may have impacted one. She explains that no matter how much one tries to change the past, it is the truth and the truth cannot be altered. How knowing and accepting the truth may be hard, but not hard enough not forget. “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” (Hurston 1). The diction used creates power with words such as “forget and truth.” Forgetting the meaning of truth is impossible according to Hurston, rather acknowledging the truth is final and remembering it or not is easy. “Truth” is a powerful word; it is the answer no one truly wants. To use the word “truth” is bravery, it is courage, and for one who uses it knows no one would want to realize its potential. Hurston’s dictions exemplifies the importance of what truth is, and the idea most would not want to acknowledge, the idea of remembering truth; remembering memories that may have been hurtful, ones that can never escape the