Their Eyes Were Watching God Journal Prompts for Directions: Choose ONE of the following prompts to complete for the selected chapter. Use as much detail as possible. You must support your answers with direct quotes and paraphrasing from the text. Chapter 8 Questions: Select quotations from the text that support your answers. 1. has already embarrassed and humiliated Jody publicly (and what did you infer from that?), so why does she say she doesn’t want to hurt him? What can you infer from this new turn? 2. Does Janie kill Jody? Defend your answer with examples from the text. 3. Janie and Joe’s final conversation represents their whole life together. Discuss the dynamic between them. 4. What does Janie do in the final paragraph of the chapter, before she goes out to talk to the town about Jody’s death? Chapter 9 Questions: Select quotations from the text that support your answers. 1. Janie’s and ironed face” is an image Hurston used in the previous chapter. What is the “starched effect of the repetition? 2. Is the funeral a reflection or a foil for Janie’s internal state? 3. What happens to Janie’s hair in this chapter? What does this symbolize? 4. Compare Hurston’s imagery here to the description of them at the beginning of the book. What is the effect of this?
Journal Prompts for Their Eyes Were Watching God Directions: Choose ONE of the following prompts to complete for the selected chapter. Use as much detail as possible. You must support your answers with direct quotes and paraphrasing from the text. Chapter 8 Questions: Select quotations from the text that support your answers. 1. has already embarrassed and humiliated Jody publicly (and what did you infer from that?), so why does she say she doesn’t want to hurt him? What can you infer from this new turn? 2. Does Janie kill Jody? Defend your answer with examples from the text. 3. Janie and Joe’s final conversation represents their whole life together. Discuss the dynamic between them. 4. What does Janie do in the final paragraph of the chapter, before she goes out to talk to the town about Jody’s death? Chapter 9 Questions: Select quotations from the text that support your answers. 1. Janie’s “starched and ironed face” is an image Hurston used in the previous chapter. What is the effect of the repetition? 2. Is the funeral a reflection or a foil for Janie’s internal state? 3. What happens to Janie’s hair in this chapter? What does this symbolize? 4. Compare Hurston’s imagery here to the description of them at the beginning of the book. What is the effect of this?