Their Eyes Were Watching God - Quote Analysis - Ch 4-5
When we analyze significant quotations from a novel, we want to be on the lookout for big ideas/themes/connections to real life, as well as what the quotes may signify about a character, a situation, or a truth that the author wants us to understand. We want to consider particular comparisons that a quotation makes, particular word choices, the tone of the quote, and the images it evokes. Examine the following quotations. Note the context for each quotation, and then consider what sorts of larger issues/ideas/human truths they bring up. For each one, make a connection to something outside of the book. Also, consider elements of DIDLS if any stand out.
- “That irritated Hicks and he didn’t know why. He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turn different. He wasn’t ready to think of colored people in post offices yet” (39).
2. “It must have been the way Joe spoke out without giving her a chance to say anything one way or another that took the bloom off of things” (43).
3. “But any man who walks in the way of power and property is bound to meet hate” (48).
4. “They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down” (50).
