I believe a strong theme depicted in the last two chapters is remaining in contentness in times of despair.
A one passage which clearly demonstrates this theme is when Tea Cake grumbles to Janie about how she expects too much of him, "Guess you tired uh watin' on me and doing fuh me. Dat ain't de way Ah been wid you. Ah never is been able tuh do enough fuh yuh" (Hurston, 182). Even though Tea Cakes words cut deep and were hurtful because of how much Janie has done for Tea Cake, Janie knew that he didn't mean in and at that she stayed content. "Tea Cake, you'se sick. You'se talkin' everything in de way Ah don't mean it. Ah couldn't never be tired uh waitin' on you. Ah'm just skeered you'se too sick fuh me tuh handle" (Hurston, 182).
Another passage that exposes this theme is when Janie gets put in jail for "killing" Tea Cake. Janie knows that she was protecting herself from him and even though it would be painful to go through all of that after one of her loved ones had passed away, she remains content once again. "If they made a verdict that she didn't want Tea Cake and wanted him dead, then that was a real sin and a shame. It was worse than murder" (Hurston, 188).
Plot Story line
Characters:
Joe, MaryAnne, Jack
Setting:
Seattle, Wahington, 1999
Plot:
Jack and MaryAnne are Joe's closest friends. Joe has known Jack for longer than he has known MaryAnne but recently Joe and MaryAnne have been beginning to be great friends. MaryAnne and Jack had been friends in the past but since MaryAnne started spending time with Joe, Jack has been filled with jealousy. Joe would like to spend time with MaryAnne and Jack together, but every time they do Jack fills MaryAnne with sadness and she leaves in tears from the way he treats her. Joe doesn't realize that his closest friend is bringing pain to his friend MaryAnne, he feels like MaryAnne is just being overly sensitive. While MaryAnne is in such despair over this broken relationship she has learned to be patient with Jack and not to let herself be treated horribly because it is not worth fussing over someone who is not going to change their wicked ways. MaryAnne is remaining content in times of despair.
January 17, 2018
7 years ago
You may indeed use different themes. This is a really good start to an interesting theme. If you do use it, I would like to see you push it a little bit and tell the reader what about remaining content in difficult times. What the effect is or why it is important.
ReplyDeleteOkay, sounds good, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm not exactly sure how your comment on my blog and your theme, as is, will fit together, but try fleshing it out and we will see if it works.
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