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The very beginning of Their Eyes Were Watching God is a powerful statement which signifies the control that women have over their dreams and fantasies. More importantly, it empowers women by stating that they have the capability to act accordingly and make those dreams come true, whereas men have their fantasies “mocked to death by Time” (1). The importance of this quote relies on its foreshadowing of Janie’s constant, passionate struggle to have her most desired fantasy fulfilled – a fantasy of…

Rough times can be very difficult, but there’s always something positive to focus on. Whether it’s the love for your family, laughter, or the small things in nature that make every day ordinary. Now what if this rough time was the Holocaust? What if you had to witness your fellow people getting killed? Do you think you would have time to focus on the positive things in life? The Holocaust was one of the biggest genocides in the world. Over 6,000,000 Jews died but something that helped Jews keep…

“Soft Drink Industry Fights Proposed Food Stamp Ban,” written by Robert Pear, he emphasizes that banning food stamps to buy sugared-sweetened beverages is unfair because not everybody receives the food stamp to buy such drinks, and the people get received food stamp usually are the people with low income. Thus, banning food stamps would lead to unjust practices and the oppositions will be raised extensively (2). Moreover, Pear demonstrates why it is not equitable for Congress to ban the using of…

Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God details the life story of Janie Crawford, a woman of mixed African American and white lineage in the early 20th century Florida. Raised by her former slave grandmother, Janie struggles to find true love and independence as she progresses through her life. After multiple marriages and relationships, Janie changes over the course of the novel from romantic and disillusioned to independent, thus illustrating the novel’s theme of trying to find…

It is mentioned a few times in the story that the pear tree is located at the center of Mrs. Larkin’s garden. The pear tree symbolizes Mr. Larkin and his memory, as he is at the center of Mrs. Larkin’s grief. The tree also resembles Mr. Larkin as it provides shelter for Mrs. Larkin from the rain: “Even the rain would bring only a pause to her. She would move to the shelter of the pear tree, which in mid-April hung heavily almost to the ground in brilliant full leaf…

Patient satisfaction is one of the most important things in a hospital setting. It is important in ensuring that patients can come back to the same institution in the future. Additionally, the healthcare institutions are concerned about their reputation through the patients. Whenever patients are satisfied, they are likely to give positive reviews about a particular institution. On the other hand, when they are unsatisfied, they are likely to give negative reviews about the institution they…

In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie, the protagonist, struggles between two identities, her exterior life, a life drawn from the white world foisted upon her, and her interior life, a more vigorous free black woman, this being the one she tries to forge for herself throughout the novel. The relationship that Janie has with her Nanny ultimately set’s the stage for the conflict regarding her interior and exterior life. In addition to Nanny, her first two husbands…

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God captures Janie Crawford’s chronological life story as an African American woman searching for the meaning and experience of love. Janie's evolving character is affected by the disadvantages she faces, due to her race and the societal precepts of relationships in the 1930s. Janie's roots with slavery result in the compliance of her grandmother's views of love, portraying the effects of society on one's opinions. Thus Janie is forced into her first…

sugar sculpture first. This is just caramelized sugar, I was wanting to let harden after I made my desired shapes. I put the pieces aside, hoping they would harden so by the end I could put the pieces together. I went on with the recipe poaching my pear and helping my team members when I had down time waiting for my own dish. Time went by incredibly fast because it was already the last ten minutes of competition. I started to slightly panic when I checked on my sugar sculpture pieces, and they…

of effects. You could be like me when I got my tooth pulled I was under the impression everything was hilarious. When I was little I used to hate pears this was when I was three. I would have them in front of me, and I would do one of the two things; I would stare at them until I cried or I would throw them at the closest person. We used to receive pears from…