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Janie's Mother's Fate at 17

This document provides discussion questions about chapters 1-6 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The questions ask the reader to interpret the meaning of a literary device, symbolism in a passage, what happened to Janie's mother and the result, what a character means by being a "cracked plate", Janie's ideas about love and how they relate to two characters, and what Janie was allowed and prohibited from doing when escaping with Joe Starks and the reasons for this. The document provides guidance for how to structure answers to meet the grading requirements for each question.

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Janie's Mother's Fate at 17

This document provides discussion questions about chapters 1-6 of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The questions ask the reader to interpret the meaning of a literary device, symbolism in a passage, what happened to Janie's mother and the result, what a character means by being a "cracked plate", Janie's ideas about love and how they relate to two characters, and what Janie was allowed and prohibited from doing when escaping with Joe Starks and the reasons for this. The document provides guidance for how to structure answers to meet the grading requirements for each question.

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Blog Task #1: Chapters 1-6 of T

heir Eyes Were Watching God


Discussion Questions
Answer the following set of questions. Pay attention to the keywords in the question stem to plan your
answer, and to the grading indications of each to ensure you are meeting the requirements.
1. What literary device is being used in the sentence: Words walking without masters; walking altogether
like harmony in a song? How would you interpret its meaning?
( /1 K /1 I /1 C)

2. What do you think the tree symbolizes in chapter 2?


( /1 K /1 I /1 C)
3. What happened to Janies mother at age 17? What happened as a result?
( /2 K /1 C)
4. What does Janies Nanny mean when she says that she is a cracked plate?
( /1 K /1 I /1 C)
5. What ideas does Janie have about love? Relate them to both Logan and Joe Starks.
( /2 K /1 I /1 C)
6. When Janie escapes with Joe Starks, what is she allowed to do, and what is she prohibited from
doing? What are the reasons for this?
( /3 K /1 C)

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