chapter 3 pg. 22,23

"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."


Sounds like whoever Janies husband is doing good so far. he promised to never lay the weight of his hand on her in malice, which means to cause harm or injury. Then he goes outside to chop wood, for her without her even asking, and he chops how much he thinks she needs. on top of that he keeps both water buckets full, not just one, but both.

"Ah wants things sweet wid mah marriage lak when you sit under a pear tree and think. Ah . . ."


She wants things to be perfect and relieving, like when you sit under a pear tree, because when you sit under a pear tree and think, you daydream and pretend that everything is extra perfect, and that’s how she wants her marriage and her life to be, ate least that’s what she wishes.

Chapter 1 Pg., chapter 2, pg 15

"You know, honey, us colored folks is branches without roots and that makes things come round in queer ways. You in particular. Ah was born back due in slavery so it wasn't for me to fulfill my dreams of whut a woman oughta be and to do . . . Ah wanted to preach a great sermon about colored women sittin' on high, but they wasn't no pulpit for me."

This quote is saying that colored folks (blacks) have things happen to them in weird and crazy ways. She was also talking about how when she tried to fulfill her dreams, but colored people couldn't do that. She wanted to preach about colored women moving to the top, but there was no where for her to sit to where she could even hear the other preachers preach. i think what she is trying to say is that things didn't come easy for colored women when she was growing up.

"These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long. Mules and other brutes had occupied their skins. But now, the sun and the bossman were gone, so the skins felt powerful and human.

The sitters, I think were happy to not be controlled while they wee working, and they were happy that the sun had gone down. They had been working all day long, and they were tired. They were also tired of getting yelled at, so when the boss went home and the sun went down, they didn't feel like something other than humans, they felt exactly like humans.

Chapter 17 Pg. 140

"Before the week was over he had whipped Janie. Not because her behavior justified his jealousy, but it relieved that awful fear inside him. Being able to whip her reassured him in possession. No brutal beating at all. He just slapped her around a bit to show he was boss."

I think that this quote means that Tea Cake wanted to prove to Janie that he wore the pants in the family by whipping her. He wanted to let her know that he was the one with the authority. He didn't want to beat her too bad but just enough for her to realize that she better not get too relaxed;even though he was wrong.It says in the story that he just slapped her around a little bit, but to me he took it too far, he shouldn't have touched her at all. She shouldn't have had to be slapped around because he has something wrong with him in the inside.

Two of My Most Important Dreams For the Future

I have alot of dreams for the future, but i am just going to tell you about my two most important. being a police officer has been one of my dreams since i was little, and it still is. this is my back up plan, if i don't make it to be a pro athlete. i am going to school for criminal justice, then I'm going to try and work for the top-notch agencies like the FBI,CIA,SWAT,CSI, or DEA, i want to be where the action is. i also want to become a police officer because i want to help make sure that this world stays safe for everyone who lives in it. i will do that by putting criminals, or any other people who cause harm to other people,in any way, behind bars, or wherever they need to go. i know that i have to keep working hard in school, and in the community to accomplish this goal, and i wont stop working until i do.

Being a pro athlete is every boys dream, but unfortunately every boy doesn't make it. I'm going to make it, because I'm going to work and work and work as hard as i can to make myself pro material. even though i will make millions of dollars playing pro sports, that is not what i am in it for, i am in it because i love athletics. the main sports are basketball and football. i love both of those games. i want to go over seas to play basketball, i want to go to china,Argentina, and Australia, then i want to play for the USA Olympic team for the Olympic games. i want to play football for the Canadians, and for the NFL. if i go to the NFL i want to play for the vikings, or the eagles. i am working on football now, i play for the high school, and i am pretty good, i still have a few things to work on, but that what practice is for, and that is what i have to do so i can live my dream of becoming a pro athlete.

As you can see, i have alot of work to do, and alot of practice, so i need to start working, and working hard. i am going to try and live both of my dreams. i will play sports first, and then i will be a police officer, but i will already be ready, because i would have went to school for criminal justice already. it looks like i have big dreams. now its time for me to have Deja Vu.

Henry Bill

Today i woke up and had to get straight to work, didn't eat breakfast because I didn't have enough time. I had to work in the fields today. I raked the grass, picked a few things of cotton, then by that time I got tired, real tired. my neck was burning and I didn't have any energy. After like three hours I collapsed. my eyes closed and I'm a matter of seconds there was this sharp pain across my back. when I opened my eyes I saw three slave masters above me two of them were yelling and the other one was whipping me. they were screaming things like get up wake up get back to work nigger. I tried but as soon as Igot up I fell right back down from the whip. finally they stopped and let me get up, it took me a while but whatever. finally it was time to go to inside, and it just so happened they had company so guess where I had to go. In the kitchen. really? The kitchen were they that embarrassed to have me in their home? When I went to sleep I was heated, I got whipped, sent into the kitchen, and I cant lay on my back. Something tells me that tomorrow isn't going to be any different.

Who was your most influential teacher?

I don't have a most influential teacher, I have a most influential staff member, but no teacher. my most influential staff member is Dr. Plum our Principal. I believe that he has had the most impact on me since about the 5th grade. he has believed in me since he has known me, and he has given me a leadership role in the high school. he has also taught me many positive things, so I guess he is my most influential teacher.

What Is A Relationship

To me a relationship is a strong bond that you and someone have together. i think that relationships are also like being part of eachothers or someones family. a relationship takes alot of time, but if you have what it takes to build a relationship, then you will have the privelage to know how and what one feels like. these are the definations of relationship:the state of being related or interrelated, the relation connecting or binding participants in a relationship, a state of affairs existing between those having relations or dealings, and a romantic or passionate attachment. these are the true definitions of a relationship and I think everyone should know the real ones.