Throughout life we encounter different aspects of relationships that are difficult to understand. They may contradict each other however are very true. In life there are a lot of paradoxes that are en…
Their Eyes Were Watching God
"Love is like the sea. It's a moving thing and it's different with every shore" -Janie, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie's idea of love is simply pretend or a sense of power. The idea of "love" has…
Brenda Shoshanna once said, "Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness." This idea is brought up in Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their…
In Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Joe tries to possess Janie's sexuality for himself through means of covering up her sensuous hair. Joe is a very controlling, jealous and p…
The hurricane of Lake Okeechobee, the third deadliest hurricane in the United States. With wind speeds up to 162 mph, no one would ever think to stay home and waut out such a deadly storm. In the nove…