Their Eyes Were Watching God

In this section of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Hurston characterizes Eatonville and the people within as very religious, competitive, traditionally and ethically involved, and unified. With the use of hyperbole, personification, idiom, and metaphors, Hurston develops these complex characteristics. Starting off, the author compares the arguments of Sam and Lige to a “contest in hyperbole” (page 63). This metaphor showcases how the people in the town always try to show off for others.…

figurative language that is used many times throughout the book is symbolism. Although there is a great deal of symbolism found in the novel three symbols stand out the most. The mysterious green light, the desolate Valley of Ashes, and the unsettling eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are all used to represent different ideas or qualities but they also coalesce to reinforce the main theme of the decline of the American Dream. Possibly one of the most famous examples of symbolism found in…

No Glass Somewhere I read the story of a little boy whose parents were very poor. That little boy loved toy soldiers and he sometimes would stand for hours looking at them through the storefront glass window of the toy store. He wished with all of his little heart for just one toy soldier. One day as he walked toward his home from the toy store, he was struck by an automobile, and taken to the hospital for treatment and recovery. The nurses propped him up on his bed and brought toy soldiers.…

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center of our media. These are main focus’s of t.v., music, and most especially books. The Great Gatsby is a perfect example for all three of these things, but most especially love. James Gatz and Daisy were young sweethearts, but after some trials,…

watch and help a little, but I was wrong. The chidren were very curious about God and how to be a good Christian. On my first day volunteering I got to lead the first grade class and would have to teach a lesson about temptations and how to withstand from bad temptations. After teaching, ages from four to seven came together singing about God’s word then a story was told about how to overcome everyday sinful temptations and the children were so intrigued and fascinated with the story that once…

Throughout The Great Gatsby the characters, events and themes also point towards the allegorical genre. The character Jay Gatsby represents the American dream because he started off poor but strived to make his life the way he wanted it to be. On the surface Gatsby’s death means that his dream of living happily with Daisy is dead. However, it also symbolizes the end of the 1920s and the end of the American dream. The overall theme of The Great Gatsby is the American dream losing priority among…

Ara Norenzayan in his book Big Gods discusses the human tendency to “ “see human” in all kinds of things and beings, from natural formations, to artifacts, to pets and gods” (17). This tendency to assign emotional qualities to objects or ideas made gods personal for people. Instead of looking at gods as a force with no human-like qualities, people tend to prescribe human-like qualities to inanimate things and ideas. “When people pray to God, they want to know what God thinks and wishes”…

image of the christian religion. In the 1920’s women, were restricted to express their freedom, citizens were overlooked by ‘God’, and also the reason why Christian religion is important to them, is because, religion is a moral standard that is expected in society. In the novel, women in particular, were not able to express their freedom, because of their cultures perspective on marriage status, clothing attire and a female's personality were all evolved around the christian faith. To begin…

me to the reality that everyone sees God and science in different ways. It reminded me that there will be people in the world that tell you to choose between God and science. That is not the case. You do not need to choose one or the other. People try to disprove the existence of God all the time. But disproving something is a lot harder than proving something. Science cannot prove that God isn’t real because science can only prove things in our universe and God isn’t in our universe. One thing…