Their Eyes Were Watching God: Ch.19

Throughout this book, Janie-Mae Crawford made many sacrifices, willingly or not, for herself and others. The biggest sacrifice that I would say that she was forced to make would have to be when she killed Tea Cake. The reason she had to kill him was to protect herself from him because of his illness. So ultimately it came down to HIM or HER. Killing him should not be seen as a selfish deed, because she was not being selfish at all but rather self less. She killed him…because she loved him so much that she knew if she did this it would ultimately be the best for him.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Ch.19

So after Logan, she meets Tea Cake. So i guess you could say third time’s the charm? Well she falls for him much quicker than she intended. She loves his cute charm, the way he handles himself, and his cockiness. He might not be the wealthiest man around but they make do with whatever they have. So while they were living together a big hurricane hits and that causes everyone to have to evacuate their homes. Sadly, in the whole commotion a dog bites Tea Cake which later gives him rabies. This is a very hard situation for Janie and Tea Cake because the side effects and symptoms of this disease are dreadful.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Ch.4

In this chapter Janie is so unhappy with her marriage with Logan the farmer. SO because of this she trails off and starts flirting with "Jody" Starks. She thinks of him as everything that Logan isn’t. She falls for him rather quickly. SO quickly that she fails to realize how much he is changing her. She had to change herself to fit his super busy, lavish mayor lifestyle. He has such an impact on her that she wastes away 20 years of marriage seeking love in him, but failing to realize he only had one love-- his position as mayor.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: Ch.2

In this chapter the Nanny sees Janie kissing Johnny and immediately assumes the worst. She gets so scared that she right away marries her off to an old farmer named Logan. The nanny does this because she is old-schooled and thinks the sooner a young girl is married off the better. I can relate to this because in my culture the older women in my family have the same mentality...the think that once a girl is of a certain age, it is part of their job to send their daughter off to get married. They don’t seem to put into account the girls’ feelings or if the girl even has met this guy once.

The Kite Runner: Ch.13

While I was reading about the difficulty that Amir and Soraya were having because they couldn’t have a baby together it reminded of my own aunt and uncle. Even thought they had a fairly happy married life, the fact that it was very difficult for my aunt to have a baby definitely caused a rift between them. I mean they were in no kind of a rush for themselves but my other family really wanted them to have one. They felt very helpless and confused because it was at some point out of their control. So while reading this, I could relate to how Amir and Soraya must have been feeling.

The Kite Runner: Ch.9

Wow, reading this chapter made me feel like I personally knew Hassan and Amir. I think everyone can relate when I say that somewhere along the line, I’m sure you’ve met a “Hassan” and “Amir”. I know I have. I mean, maybe not the same exact circumstances as these two have gone through but similar in some way. Hassan is that best friend that you have, that had seen you at your worst and has unconditionally stuck by your side until the end of time. And, Amir is that friend who hasn’t figured himself out entirely yet so he doesn’t even realize what’s good for him…not even true friendship. So, when Amir frames Hassan for his birthday money and watch, it even surprises him that Hassan “admitted” it. See, that is what you call a LOYAL friend. Hassan knowingly took the blame and moved away, just like when he knew that Amir was standing in that alley that day watching him get raped.

The Kite Runner: Ch.8

It’s true that karma really does come around. Before when Amir does absolutely nothing, except stare cowardly, while Hassan was getting rapped karma now comes back around to him---guilt. In this chapter you really see how guilty he really feels about not speaking up, and is constantly punishing himself for it. He can’t sleep at night, he can’t even hold out a decent conversation with Hassan. This eventually leads to the two boys avoiding each other completely. I mean I realize that Amir is feeling guilty for what he did…or rather didn’t do but instead of talking to Hassan and working things out he chooses to stop talking to Hassan completely. Last time I checked, that wasn’t the best way to resolve ANYTHING.