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Mar 27

Thank you so much for providing that info. It was so interesting to read.
AI is very interesting to me, and I try to be aware of all the news related to it

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Mar 26

Not in convienient areas for those living in the west-side, and if put in place would be used

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Mar 26

Contributes to the pollution in these affected areas more than anywhere else, widening of highways

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Mar 26

Redlining near west-side salt lake, affecting minorities and low-income residents. Race issue as well

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Mar 25

Questioning Joe or leveraging criticisms against him seems to the townspeople now to be irrational and impossible as he is placed on a pedestal, and he will maintain this respect until eventually people rehumanise Joe in seeing his flaws and wrinkles and the way mortal age has taken him like all others, and doubt his strength for the first time in many years

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Mar 25

It also gives to him their unrelenting -sometimes willful, sometimes hesitant - authority over them and the operation of the town. Without it this authority may be thrown into peril, and as such he begins to obsess over it

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Mar 25

In giving Joe the authority, many realise this affords the town many benefits. It allows for them to expand, afford some relative luxuries, and offload some burdens of a small society. This comes at the expense of some liberties however, and they must oblige much of the wishes of Joe, and pay respects, and do as he sees fitting — either for himself or for the town, as illustrated by criticisms of his uppity house

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Mar 25

We can see here that she feels truly at odds with not only Joe’s behaviour, but the person he is unveiling himself to be or become. What she wished for and expected from a marriage with Joe she know feels are out of sync with those things Joe expects and engages with in life. Mutuality, romance, respect, and tenderness are betrayed to her as these things do not produce to Joe the value of authority, image, respect, or success, and she is beginning to realise that this endangers their future

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Mar 25

While he insists that Janie should maintain decorum and value her own status granted to her by way of Joe’s authority, he expects subservience that gives respect to his authority by all — and especially so from Janie, who as he sees he has given her implied authority or respect, has an obligation to uphold his own authority and respect by remaining subservient and grateful. This leads to his growing obsession with image and is possibly the first hint of such

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Mar 25

Everything has to come back to Janie doing the right thing: being worried, wanting better for Joe, etc. It’s tiring for the reader and this makes me think it’s more tiring fot Janie.

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Mar 25

For years Jody has ridiculed Janie and he is shocked that she says something back. I think this paragraph is filled with sarcasm from the narrator. And that really conveys the tone of Hurston

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Mar 25

This is the first chapter to not start with a nature-related thing or a statement that sweeps the reader off their feet. It’s saddening and shows just how much this marriage has been bad for Janie

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Mar 25

It is so nice to hear the reclamation in this paragraph. Almost a full-circle moment, Hurston keeps doing these things for Janie that, even though Janie has been silenced for the majority of these chapters, she is still the protagonist. You root for her to find her voice. I think it’s a great choice and method for Hurston to create a common “hero” for her reader.

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