Comments by Meghan Frank Most recent public comments by Meghan Frank https://nowcomment.com/users/69215 This shows the fathers denial of what is going on. This proves that for Lauren's syndrome she has had ever since she was born and the disaster going on around them he still is in denial about reality and trying to in his head everything needs to be normal https://nowcomment.com/documents/197924?scroll_to=1848551 https://nowcomment.com/documents/197924?scroll_to=1848551 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:05:13 -0400 It seems through even the craziness happening in their world, they still seem to cling to as much normality as they can. Having church and being baptized while there are others struggling to survive. https://nowcomment.com/documents/197924?scroll_to=1848522 https://nowcomment.com/documents/197924?scroll_to=1848522 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:00:04 -0400 In this, she sounds upset and irritated with the fact she let herself be initiated with a church she doesn't agree with. The tone is hostile and sets the reader up that she is losing faith in this specific God. https://nowcomment.com/documents/197924?scroll_to=1848453 https://nowcomment.com/documents/197924?scroll_to=1848453 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:00:04 -0400 These short paragraphs show how he doesn't describe Henry by his personality but his physical and things he brings to war. Also it says he was a big man, saying he was put to he carried more, possibly burdens, along with him as he was machine gunner. https://nowcomment.com/documents/191863?scroll_to=1811732 https://nowcomment.com/documents/191863?scroll_to=1811732 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:41:19 -0400 This explains that he always carries his love for Martha every he goes even if it is a burden at times. https://nowcomment.com/documents/191863?scroll_to=1811727 https://nowcomment.com/documents/191863?scroll_to=1811727 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:37:27 -0400 Shows how Jimmy is deeply in love and obsessive of this girl and is growing agitation due to the girl not expressing love back and not knowing if Martha is a virgin. He also is in war and this might effect his agitation state. https://nowcomment.com/documents/191863?scroll_to=1811713 https://nowcomment.com/documents/191863?scroll_to=1811713 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:00:02 -0400 The meaning of the work as a whole is the discovery of oneself. Janie throughout is looking for love and fulfillment outside of herself and god. Her happiness and sorrow are all due to the path that god has given. https://nowcomment.com/documents/191856?scroll_to=1811708 https://nowcomment.com/documents/191856?scroll_to=1811708 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:00:03 -0400 How is death personified throughout and why is it significant to the development of Janie and her character? https://nowcomment.com/documents/191856?scroll_to=1811641 https://nowcomment.com/documents/191856?scroll_to=1811641 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:56:49 -0400 What does the hurricane symbolize in the novel? Is it used to oppose the pear tree and horizon imagery? https://nowcomment.com/documents/191856?scroll_to=1811606 https://nowcomment.com/documents/191856?scroll_to=1811606 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:47:11 -0400 He seems in the beginning to work a lot and be focused on making money and leave Janie alone, also wanting to take certain control of Janie. He wants to only use his money he makes. Janie also seems she can't fully trust Tea Cake since the money incident. https://nowcomment.com/documents/189433?scroll_to=1783929 https://nowcomment.com/documents/189433?scroll_to=1783929 It also is said that Tea Cake is impulsive. He likes to take risks and gamble, while Joe would be impulsive in bad ways such as hit Janie. Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:49:40 -0400 What does "the muck" of the Everglades represent? How does it help develop more of Janie's character while she is living there? https://nowcomment.com/documents/189433?scroll_to=1783906 https://nowcomment.com/documents/189433?scroll_to=1783906 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:00:01 -0400 She also could of had peer opinions that were always in her thoughts. She seemed to care what her friend Pheoby said, such as he only wants her for her money and this reoccurs multiple times with Tea Cakes actions but he always seems to prove himself. https://nowcomment.com/documents/189433?scroll_to=1783881 https://nowcomment.com/documents/189433?scroll_to=1783881 I also believe that she feared she was going to be hurt again and like Lindsay said she didn't know him well and if he was with other women. Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:20:08 -0400 This sentence is short and the syntax sticks out. The paragraph before it puts down and makes them afraid to be writers. The mother says this to kept her daughter under control. But this sentence shows that they need someone to heal and compromise to https://nowcomment.com/documents/189462?scroll_to=1783136 https://nowcomment.com/documents/189462?scroll_to=1783136 keep the culture at peace and not start things that are seen as rebellious. Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:49:33 -0400 This shows how the braiding was used to restrain the women from telling the stories, they make new designs and use their creativity to control the urges they have to rebel and write. https://nowcomment.com/documents/189462?scroll_to=1783109 https://nowcomment.com/documents/189462?scroll_to=1783109 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:00:01 -0400 The repetition of braiding hair reveals the tradition of storytelling in their culture. They were told to be quiet when they wanted to be able to show their desire for creativity in writing and storytelling. https://nowcomment.com/documents/189462?scroll_to=1783103 https://nowcomment.com/documents/189462?scroll_to=1783103 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:42:43 -0400 This also gives emotion to the piece showing from Byrd's point of view that if he was still alive he couldn't stand the situation at hand. The racial injustice and intolerance that people and especially the people that took apart of in this act. https://nowcomment.com/documents/186390?scroll_to=1761055 https://nowcomment.com/documents/186390?scroll_to=1761055 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:17:29 -0400 This also moves the emotion in the piece. It shows the daughter and further generations of the African American culture are going to have a hard time overcoming these acts and move forward. It is going to continue the hurt and worries of the community. https://nowcomment.com/documents/186390?scroll_to=1761035 https://nowcomment.com/documents/186390?scroll_to=1761035 It also shows everyone has a family they love and care for and who they are going to miss so much because of these events. It slows the progress. Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:10:57 -0400 The comment of "should I call a white man brother?" moves the reader. In a way that the African culture uses this term to unify them together as a family as a race, to give this almost rhetorical question that this is why we can't unite https://nowcomment.com/documents/186390?scroll_to=1761022 https://nowcomment.com/documents/186390?scroll_to=1761022 together as both white and African American cultures. Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:59:59 -0400 She is showing her freedom and independence. She is proud of her beautiful hair and was told to hide it away due to Joe. She wanted that sense of being in her own control after he passed away and power within herself. https://nowcomment.com/documents/173993?scroll_to=1759866 https://nowcomment.com/documents/173993?scroll_to=1759866 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:11:29 -0400 The two men although different, give Janie not what she is looking for, Janie wants love and respect, while they take her individuality away from her. Janie marrying Logan was much influenced by her grandmother, for the reasons of https://nowcomment.com/documents/173993?scroll_to=1759862 https://nowcomment.com/documents/173993?scroll_to=1759862 Janie having a secure home and stable life. Janie is unhappy due to that want of romance and wanting a marriage based on love, which Logan wasn't giving her, treating her as a friend. Then Joe comes and Janie sees acts of love and she feels he is the one. He begins to take away Janie's sense of freedom within herself. She has to wear her hair up, work in the store, not able to share her opinions, and may have only been attractive to Joe due to her looks. He was tempted by money and power. Janie was searching for true love. Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:59:59 -0400 Why does Janie hate her grandmother, and how does it further Janie's development of her character through the book? https://nowcomment.com/documents/173993?scroll_to=1759727 https://nowcomment.com/documents/173993?scroll_to=1759727 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 22:57:27 -0400