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Post by mayrapuente on Sept 21, 2012 19:19:46 GMT -5
November 1943: Divorce from Price granted.
By this time, Hurston has already been divorced twice. One divorce was from Herbert Sheen in 1931 and the other from Albert Price III in 1943. It is apparent that Hurston struggled to find the perfect male figure she wanted to live eternally with. Consequently, Hurston created the character Janie in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hurston's creation of Janie enables her to emphasize her struggle of finding love. For example, Janie has already been divorced twice and is now married with a third man, Tea Cake.
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Post by john petree on Sept 21, 2012 20:40:04 GMT -5
September 1948 - nora hurston is falsely accused of molesting a ten year old boy and arrested.
ha when i read this i cracked up, it was hilarious. isnt it a little ironic that in their eyes were watching god, Janie hooks up with a younger guy, and then in real life she is accused of molesting a ten year old. maybe nora has some unkown fantasies.
well nora was finnaly dismissed in march of 1949. i chose this because it made me think, is this a coincidence?
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Post by john petree on Sept 21, 2012 20:43:37 GMT -5
mayra, i agree of the conection between nora hurstons real life divorces and the character janie. in the book, janie finnaly found true love, a man who can represent her pear tree, and i was happy for her. i wonder if nora finnaly found true love, ill look in the timeline to see...
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Post by john petree on Sept 21, 2012 20:45:12 GMT -5
awe, sadly she doesnt ;(
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Post by mayrapuente on Sept 21, 2012 22:19:49 GMT -5
John, that did not even process in my mind. Good insight! That could be true, her accusation led her to create a character who marries a younger man in her novel. Since she was accused of such an incident, she might as well include it in her novel that appears to be half fiction and half non-fiction. It is almost as if she is humoring those who accused her of molesting a child by including a similar piece in Their Eyes Were Watching God because in the novel, she begins to disregard the fact that she is with a younger man and does not care for the town's gossip.
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Post by Crystal Ruiz on Sept 23, 2012 23:05:03 GMT -5
May 1928- Publishes "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" in the World Tomorrow.
I felt this could relate to Janie's life in "Their Eyes Were Watching God" because Janie had grown up living next to a white family who would always treat her with respect and with no difference. When she would go to school with other white folks, she was always judged by the color of her skin. I believe this supports Janie's feelings in having to feel unwanted because of the color of her skin and thoughts that were expressed. Throughout the novel, Janie has to experience some judgement from colored people who believe she has a bad reputation but in the end, we can relate Janie's life to the title because she is a colored woman and she gets treated different just because of the color of her skin.
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Post by Crystal Ruiz on Sept 23, 2012 23:11:26 GMT -5
Mayra, nice observation! I can agree that Hurston does struggle with finding a perfect male figure and i do believe she created Janie the way she is through her own experiences in life. Your analysis on this date actually does bring out that Hurston does want Janie to carry her traits. In the end, Janie actually finds love in a young perfect male figure but lets see how long that will last. Ha
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Post by zacko on Sept 24, 2012 16:05:54 GMT -5
September 1936- March 1937: Hurston wrote and finished Their Eyes in seven weeks between these dates. Yet of all the places she wrote the book in Haiti. In Their Eyes Hurston includes a very small town being built individually by black settlers. Her idea of the town discovered by Janie and Joe, relates to Haiti as it was founded by dark skinned Haitians. Eatonville, the town Hurtson was born in, is relative to Haiti.
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Post by zacko on Sept 24, 2012 16:09:32 GMT -5
@crystal- I admire your awesome ambition. Relating Their Eyes to a separate book written by Hurston. It's respectable. :)
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Post by Juan Jaimez on Sept 24, 2012 19:55:49 GMT -5
Summer 1926: Organizes Fire! with Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman; they publish only one issue, in November 1926. The issue includes Hurston's "Sweat."
I find it quite interesting that some of the greatest and most pioneering minds in the Harlem Renaissance, such as Hughes, Hurston, Thurman, and Richard Bruce came together and created a magazine to depict the rapidly changing Negro culture and society in the United States at that time. In Fire, Hurston publishes "Sweat", a short story about a washerwoman and her unemployed, insecure husband. Hurston was not married at the time of this, but I believe that she has always had this very independent, feminist air to her. Instead of depicting the husband as a hardworking individual that provides for his wife, she illustrates him as unemployed and insecure. :3
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Post by berenicecontreras on Sept 24, 2012 20:57:14 GMT -5
Winter 1950-1951 : Moves to Belle Glade, Florida.
Zora Neale Hurston is very open to change , whether it's to relationships, projects and even settings. Constantly trying something new seems to be a patter in Hurston's life as she reflects on her character Janie , in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie is also not a fan of stability as she quickly acts upon actions rather than taking her to time to think things through. Although not all actions are beneficial , by impulse Janie is always on to something new. Hurston and her character have common traits in the sense that they both open to change.
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Post by berenicecontreras on Sept 24, 2012 20:59:13 GMT -5
zacko I found that really interesting! I wouldn't have even though of that , excellent perception!
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Post by Janelle Castillo on Sept 24, 2012 22:11:37 GMT -5
1958- works as a substitute teacher at Lincoln park academy, fort pierce
I thought it was interesting that after all her publications and accomplishments that she would become a substitute. I think she wanted to help educate younger minds but took a position as a substitute instead of a full time teacher because she had issues with commitment. that would explain why she was unable to remain married.
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Post by Janelle Castillo on Sept 24, 2012 22:17:39 GMT -5
Juan,
I really liked how you did more research into the publication. i always look forward to reading your posts because you do research and seem to give alot of thought into your responses
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Post by Megan Carazolez on Sept 24, 2012 23:08:18 GMT -5
January 7, 1891-Born in Eatonville Florida, the fifth of eight children, to John Hurston, a carpenter and babtist preacher, and Lucy Potts Hurston, a former school teacher.
I think its kind of funny how both her mother and father had decent jobs and seemed to be the foundation of a very successful future for their children, yet Nora wrote a novel based on such tragic events. My question to this is, what inspired her to write such a tragic novel when it seemed to me that she had a perfectly fine family base? Perhaps growing up in Eatonville and being a spectator and seeing, first hand, the tragic events unfold in the lives of those that she knew inspired her to write such a tragic novel?
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