4.07.2008

"Their Eyes" passages, chapters 1-5.

Review the passages below for Wednesday's class.
  • Passage 1: “Ships at a distance … The dream is the truth” (1).
  • Passage 2: “She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree … That was before the golden dust of pollen had beglamored his rags and her eyes” (11-12).
  • Passage 3: “There are years that ask questions and years that answer … But anyhow Janie went on inside to wait for love to begin” (21-22).
  • Passage 4: “Nanny sent Janie along with a stern mien … so she became woman” (24-25).
  • Passage 5: “They, all of them, all of the people … It was just a handle to wind up the tongue with” (46-48).
  • Passage 6: “And now we’ll listen tuh uh few words … Ah’ll sit on this case first thing” (43-44).

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