why harlem so important?

Studying the Harlem Renaissance is still important today because it makes one cultured and see the world in a broader spectrum. The Harlem Renaissance was a since of rebirth for african-americans and other races as well. Harlem is a piece of New York City that had been talked down for most of life, and now is making a comeback, I was interested in the history of it since i first visitied it a few years ago. I see Harlem as the most colorful, vibrant, and interesting place in all of New York City. I feel it is important to know what the place came from, what drove it up and what once the city lights glared down brightly upon at night. The harlem renaissance has many authors that had such important pieces of literature and examples of exempelary work to look after. Many of the authors of the Renaissance were inspiring to me. I never have been able to connect to poetry as i was able to in this class and i can thank african americans of the harlem renaissance for giving me something meaningful and interesting to break down. I think it is important to see the difference in work from that time period and today, and to see how literature can be timeless. The hardships of yesterday should not be forgotten so we can appreciate what we have today; the literature we read can help us achieve this. The success stories of the harlem renaissance are the stories of real people who made a name not only for themselves but for their race as a whole. The Harlem Renaissance teaches us to be unselfish, stick up for ourselves and our races, to be different, to embrace who we are, and to enjoy what we love. The Harlem Renaissance teaches us about America, in history, and the present. The Harlem renaissance is also a component to learning , knowing, and having a multi-multi culturally tiered knowledge base on life.

THird pos: Their Eyes were watching GOD! Z.N.H.

So I guess the people were watiing to see waht GOD was going to do> that exxplains the title of the book. In a really dramatic and the most heart pacing part of the book, Janie and Teacake decide to stay home when everybody else went to hit higher ground. The Seminoles were heading somewhere else adn that should of been a clear indication that a bad storm was coming. Once the storm started it was almost too late. I really got into this part of the book, i couldnt put it down. As Janie and Teacake and choo choo or whatever their friends name was headed for higher ground they were plunged into a storm not worth underestimating. The religious symbolism was great and showed the ture power of nature/GOD over man.


The book proved to be surprising enough. I kept to reading and really never became bored as was the cae with every other book we have reead and analyzed this semester. I cant say i was too surprised with anything because i was expecting the book to have many twists and turns. I dont know if i expected Janie to kill Teacake, but that is what went down. There was irony in this as Teacake died from going mad or getting rabies from being bit by a dog. Janie killed Teacake who was mad from something he had saved her from. I think this was terrible because Jnaie had picked up Teacake's gun under his pillow and she could have unloaded the bullets. She decided to load him with a couple rounds of buck shot instead of being safe, she was sorry. The courts let her go probably because she was half white looking. I was glad they did, but wonder what the they would have down to a darker afrtican american. The author twisted the book here because half way through you ahd a half a mind to think that teacaek was going to take Janie for her money, or that he was going to gamble it away, become a drunk or end up left by Janie. Poor Janie... she had such a hard life---symbolic of the hardships african american women faced? Im glad the book didnt end on Janie going to Jail.