3rd response in 3rd quarter

Jaehak
11-1
March 4, 2009

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Response #3, pp 140-184
Response type#6: Creative

“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston is an unpredictable book. While reading this book, you will not notice that you are tired for more than six hours as the book is so interesting. In the ending of the book, romantic part cause you to feel that you want to have a lover, but cynical part cause you to be careful about personal relationship. However, you will definitely feel about the importance of love.

It is the story about Janie and Tea Cake. Even though Janie and Tea Cake regarded each other as real lovers, they received a conflict while hurricane occurred. Tea Cake was bit by crazy dog, which caused Tea Cake accepted a disease. Because of that, Tea Cake sometimes did not trust Janie perfectly and became crazy so that he tried to fire a pistol to Janie. One day, Janie fired the pistol to Tea Cake who was really crazy and tried to shot the pistol to Janie in order to prevent. Few months later, townspeople had gossiped about Janie, in her mind, Janie always missed the life with Tea Cake. The author’s expression in writing was pretty influenced so that I was able to accept how Janie felt during that event more and more.

The ending of this story might change to more exciting. If I have a chance to change the ending of the book, I like to change Tea Cake’s death to Janie’s. The reason is people might have a different reaction depend on sex. In the story, Janie missed Tea Cake for a long time, even whole life. However, what if Janie died, and Tea Cake is alive. I do not think Tea Cake keeps thinking of Janie and living alone like Janie did. As viewing the man’s usual act, Tea Cake will forget of Janie by one year, and then go out to find out new woman to live rest of the life. So, I hope to change the role of characters in the last.

Dear Ms, Zora

This book’s style of writing is unrespectable. In order to pick up this book, I searched what book eleven grades should read. So, I expected to join happily, and the review seemed exciting. However, my prediction was totally wrong because even I could not understand several conversations and I should read it too slowly as the language of conversation was formed by Black’s slang and speech style. You did not respect people who do not use English as natives. Your story was fine, but you should publish two kinds of books: original one and formal language one. So, everyone is able to enjoy reading. Please, think for non English natives before publish.