Directed by Darnell Martin and presented by Oprah Winfrey, Their Eyes Were Watching God is the story of sincerity, truthfulness to oneself, and the idea that we must live to follow our desires on our own. The opening line states “There are two things people got to find out for themselves. They’ve got to find out about love and they’ve got to find out about living.” It opens the perspective of the movie and automatically catches the viewers’ attention with the following lines causing viewers to become curious about the mysteries of its opening. The movie takes viewers through a flashback of several years, telling a story of love and faith as it touches on aspects of life we often take for granted and others we are too concerned with. The flashback takes us to the meaning of living.
Halle Berry does a terrific job at bring out the characteristics of Janie Crawford, also known as Janie Starks from the novel-made-movie written by Zorah Neale Hurston, a magnificent author. Martin manages to bring the novel to life through the actors. Janie is a down to earth girl with dreams exceeding those of the ordinary, dreams of happiness and traits of living freely found in children. Through a series of experiences Janie reaches knowledge of the meaning of happiness. She learns that it is not to live by expectations of financial needs or comfort, but by loving, laughing and playing. She discovers it all with Tea Cake.
Notes for Peer’s Oral Response
Essay # _____
Writer ____ Dianna _______________ Peer Respondent _______Saiful Ashraf
Instructions: Listen to the essay carefully. Take at least two minutes after the reading to complete the following notes, and then share your reactions orally with the writer. Submit the completed form to your teacher at the end of the Peer Response activity.
(+) What works? (praise)
The introduction is very strong , It gives the reader insight on what the movie is going to be about .
It is very well structured, She critiques the actors/actresses in the movie as well.
(-) What Doesn’t (polish)
A little more information about the novel as well as the movie.
(?) Questions?
More should be mentioned about book ,since it originated from the book
Essay # __3___
Writer ___________Diana___________________ Peer Respondent ________________Josue______________
Instructions: Listen to the essay carefully. Take at least two minutes after the reading to complete the following notes, and then share your reactions orally with the writer. Submit the completed form to your teacher at the end of the Peer Response activity.
(+) What works? (praise)
- Details
- Good
(-) What Doesn’t (polish)
- conclusion
Theses
(?) Questions?
- How similar is the book to the movie