Chapter 6 Quotes

"Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun."
Janie is happy in this quote. She is noticing change in the town since Joe Bought the land and everybody is participating in fixing it up. She wakes up and see joy in her, Joe, and the townspeople are doing to help the land. I think she means that the sun shines on the town, and when the sun shines it nothing but a wonderful feeling.

"Somebody got to think for woman and chillun and chicken and cow s themselves. I god, they sho don't think none theirselves."
I find this quote to be disrespectful, but I think that Joe is trying to say that woman and children cannot think right, and they are brainless and wild like cows and chicken. Joe thinks that they cannot control themselves so someone w=has to do thinking for them. However, I find the quote as an insult to woman and children.

Chapter 5 Quotes

"Ah whole heap uh talk and nobody doin' nothin'."
This quote represents Joe's disappointment when he first arrived to EatonVille. There were a lot of fixing needed and it wasn't stable in Joe's mind. However, the reason he said this was because people can brag about a town or brag about what they're goin to do, but do nothing about the issue.

"Dat 'oman ain't so awfully pretty no how when you take de second Look at her. Ah had to sorta pass by de house on de house way back and seen her good . 'Taint't nothin' to her but her' ceptin' dat long Hair"
In this quote said by one of the towns people; he is talking about Janie figure. He says that he seen her "goods" riding pass her home on the "Big Road". Now he is telling all of the men about her body. Honestly I think that this person was jealous or mad because instead of this person having Janie, Joe Starks has her.

Chapter 4 quotes

"Long before the year was up, Janie noticed that her husband had stopped talking in rhymes to her."

The narrator states that Janie is noticing that Logan is not as respectful and commenting as he was in the beginning of the relationship. Logan use to describe about how much he liked Janie and all the things he would do for her and so forth and so on, now Logan doesn't mention anything about Janie anymore. This is what the quote is meaning.

Chapter 3 Quotes

No'm, he aint even talked 'bout hittin me. He says he never mean to lay de weight uh his hand on me in malice.He chops all de wood he think Ah wants and den he totes it inside de kitchen for me. Keeps both water buckets full."
Janie is describing to her Nanny about how her first husband; Logan Killicks is being a wonderful man to her and he never hits on her or any thing. Her Nanny seems to believe that Logan is doing this but at the time he hasn't laid a hand on her.

“Dat’s how come de ole folks say dat bein’ uh fool don’t kill nobody. It jus’ make you sweat”
I find this quote rather interesting, but it was said by Janie nanny and it mean that making the worst decision or the decision you make but might not want to do it as much is not always that bad. Like the quote said being a fool doesn’t kill you: it just makes you sweat. Meaning its not going to harm you but it will put you to work!

Chapter 2 Quotes

“She was seeking confirmation of the voice and vision, and everywhere she found and acknowledged answers. A personal answer for all other creations except herself. She felt an answer seeking her, but where? When? How?”

The meaning of this quote is basically showing how Janie is trying to reach advice about marriage and other things from her surroundings. Janie finds herself confused about marriage, so she is using the environment as a hint, motivation, or relaxation to find out what it is she needs to know.

“So de white man throw down de load and tell de nigger man tuh pick it up. He pick it up because he have to, but he don’t tote it. He hand it to his womenfolks. De nigger woman is de mule un de world so fur as Ah can see.”

This quote is a controversy between men and woman in my thoughts. I think what is going on is that a woman says that the white man gives the black man an order and then the black man passes it to the female, and of course there is a male disagreeing with that so basically it is a big debate about how men and woman are treated.

Chapter 1 Quotes

"Shops at a distance have every man's wish on board."

I think that this quote means either two reasons, and one reason is that it could be a ship that leads to a better place or surroundings were someone can have a better life for themselves. Another reason is that the ship could be work or heading towards somewhere were work is needed with good benefits in the long run.

"Ah hears what they say 'cause they just will collect round mah porch 'cause it's on de big road."

I thinks the meaning of this quote is that Janie feels that people are going to sit around collect information, and people are going to talk a lot. However, Janie already know that they are going to collect information or rumors on the porch from what goes on on the big road.

Hopes and Dreams

As I get older and older I gain more and more hopes and dreams. I dream more and I get my hopes up each day because every day there is something new. Each day I find something different that I want to try and then later I quit. However, nothing in this world can change my hopes and dreams of going to Michigan State University and owning my own custom car shop. Since seventh grade I wanted to go to Michigan State because of their great curriculum, achievements, standards, etc. I also always wanted to be a Spartan and play for the Michigan State basketball team, but there is something else I want to do more and that is customizing cars. Customizing cars is something I find fun and interesting; I have been working on cars with my father and always enjoyed it. I think I can achieve both goals if stick to my task and stay focused. Getting excepted to Michigan State is rather easy but challenging. The reason I say it’s easy is because in my mind I know I can get into college with my grades and ACT practices, however I say it’s challenging because I’m in competition with millions of other students and the ACT is very challenging due to the practice test. As for my own car shop that is going to be a tough challenge. I will have to do different engineering classes as well as business courses so I can understand my financial awareness and the life of a car. One subject that I will have to master is Geometry in order to achieve this goal and now that I understand that I will take my geometry class more serious from now on. In all honesty getting into college is not one of my biggest worries, I feel that with my intelligence I can achieve that, but owning my own car shop will not be an easy task. I don’t want a regular corner car shop were we just do oil changes; fix tires, and change brake pads. I want a shop were we do everything from building a frame to fixing an engine and to do that it’s going to take hard work. I have researched and found information on my goal and based on what I read it is not an easy. My goal requires education, safety, specialist, and one big requirement; money! I already understand that this is going to take some time but I’m willing to take as much time needed so I can achieve my goal. I still till this hope and dream about the same two things over and over. I try to meet the standards now so as I get older it may be somewhat easier in the future. If for some reason I don’t achieve my goal for owning a car shop then I can always come back to it later on in life, and as for college; rather I want to go to college or not I’m going with the attitude I have for however many years it take to be successful.