10th grade first essay

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Matthew Kee

Mrs. Batchelor

10th Honors Lit, 2nd Period

8/27/14

“When writin a no!el, a writer sho"ld create li!in #eo#le$ #eo#le not characters. %

character is caricat"re,& are wise words s#o'en () *rnest He+inwa) in Death in the Afternoon.

%ltho"h How to Read Literature like a Professor scolds writers or creatin characters in this

+anner, characters need the h"+an co+#le-ion in order to a##eal to the readers. ne distincti!e

case in the no!el Their Eyes Were Watching God, () ora eale H"rston, is the #rotaonist

anie. anies co+#le-it) re!ol!es aro"nd her 3"est or lo!e, her search or a !oice, and her roots

(ased o H"rstons #ast. While anie is the hero o the stor), ora eale H"rston shows the

readers how realistic anie can (e.

n order or anie to achie!e her desire, she dons the "ncharacteristic co+#liance with not

one ("t with two o her h"s(ands. While +ost wo"ld drone on a(o"t how “s)+(ols do ha!e a

relati!el) li+ited rane o +eanins,& 56oster 10 and then list e!er) s)+(olic +eanin, the

co+#le-it) is less co+#licated. anie does not co+#l) 9"st or that lo!e, ("t si+#l) to o(e) a

deceased ones wishes. ann)s last words shown to the a"dience are “Lawd, )o" 'now +ah

heart. %h done de (est %h co"ld do. :e rest is let to )o",& 5H"rston 24.anie co"ld ha!e

a(andoned the d"ll +arriae as soon as ann) had died, ("t she liners or awhile loner to

rant ann)s wish o sec"rit). anie is res#ectin her elder and eels that i she ta'es ann)s

ad!ice to the heart, tr"e lo!e will s"rel) ollow. ;# to this #oint in anies lie, she is na<!e and

tr"stin towards those aro"nd her. o #rior lie e-#eriences (eorehand assist anie as she



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contin"es to (ide her ti+e with Loan "nha##il). %s the stor) tre's onward howe!er, “anies

irst drea+ was dead,& 5H"rston 2 and she (eins to row as a d)na+ic character.

Halwa) thro"h her +arriae with od), anie cannot stand the s"(+issi!e wie role an)

loner. %ter (ein sh"shed once +ore, “anie did what she had ne!er done (eore, that is, thr"st

hersel into the con!ersation,& 5H"rston 7. anie inall) e+eres ro+ her shell and e+(races

her inde#endence "ll=on. >his inde#endence not onl) ca"ses her chane ro+ a static to d)na+ic

character ("t also creates the co+#le-ion o anies character. %ltho"h a s+all re+ar' +iht

see+ +inisc"le co+#ared to anies "ll lie, this has (een a co+#lete t"rnaro"nd in how anie

has li!ed her lie e!er since ann) died. With this reedo+, anie re!erts (ac' to the re(ellio"s

teenaer she once was and allow the readers to !iew anie as an indi!id"al instead o a character

in a (oo'. Howe!er, her newo"nd a(ilit) to s#ea' aain is shattered with od)s hand as he

“str"c' anie with all his +iht and dro!e her ro+ the store& 5H"rston 80. "st as 6oster states

that he “(elie!es in the d"al nat"re o h"+ans& 56oster 17, odie ?tar's re!eals his other sel

li'e the other side o a coin. *!en tho"h readers +a) crine at the words o the sla#, the sla# is

a realit) chec' that shows heroes do not enerall) li!e a #osh lie that ends with a ha##) endin.

Beca"se “theres no s"ch thin as a wholl) oriinal wor' o literat"re& 56oster 24, the

s#otliht shits o!er to H"rston who (ases her wor' o o #ast e-#eriences. Where and how the

ins#iration ca+e ro+ can (e traced (ac' to H"rtons roots. Li'e anie, H"rston lost a lo!ed one

when “her +other died in 1@04& 5ora eale H"rston. Witho"t a +other, anie relies on a

relati!e or the +otherl) i"re +ost children loo' "# to. %ter reachin a re(ellio"s ae, (oth

anie and H"rston set o"t to ind their tr"e sel!es. oinin a tra!elin theatrical co+#an) and

i++ersin hersel in the Harle+ Aenaissance, H"rston was in the #ri+e o c"lt"re and art.



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H"rstons a(ilit) to tra!el inde#endentl) at the ae o si-teen shares traits with her character

anie. Both "ndero d)na+ic chanes that e!ent"all) leads to their call to ad!ent"re.

>hro"ho"t anies 9o"rne), her search or tr"e lo!e has ca"sed her to chane the wa) she

ta'es on lie. anie has co+e ro+ (ein the o(edient child to a rown and inde#endent wo+an.

With the wa) anie has chaned, the stor) ends with not what she has e-#ected, ("t what she

needed +o!in orward. Her 9o"rne) +a#s o"t her co+#le-ion in the ti+eline o anies lie. "st

as rwell (ased his no!el on his e-#eriences in H>ALL%P, H"rston e+(odies hersel in the

character o anie.



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Matthew Kee

Batchelor

Period 2

0 %""st 2014

Wor's Cited

6oster, >ho+as C. How To Read Literature Like A Professor. ew Dor', DE Har#er CollinsP"(lishers, 200. Print.

H"rston, ora eale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. ew Dor', DE Har#er Collins P"(lishers,

200. Print.

Fora eale H"rston,F >ho+as Gale = Blac' Histor), n.d., We(. 522 "l) 200.

Fora eale H"rstonF. Encyclo!dia "ritannica. Encyclo!dia "ritannica #nline.*nc)clo#Idia Britannica nc., 2014. We(. 27 %". 2014

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