Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston - So You Haven't Read
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2022
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After traveling to Eatonville Florida and finding love, Janie Mae Crawford now has a life-changing decision before her. One that she never thought she would have to make. One that would kill the man she loves.
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Meh
Thank
Thank you
I watched the full ad loved it
God, I remember reading this in high school. It was required reading for my English class. While I did struggle with the phonetic reading, the story in itself was so beautiful, painful, poetic, and everything in between.
I remember watching a movie adaptation of it in class to go along with the required reading.
@@DaemonPrimarch oh same here! I think...mind you this was like 5 years ago, tea cakes actor had bright blueish green eyes I think? We only watched it after we read it
Me and my mom never read this, we’re going to buy it from our local Barnes and nobles today as part of a girls day
@@macaylacayton2915 it's very good! Again, I struggled with phonetic reading, but sometimes reading it out loud does help!
@@lillianhaskins1667 I struggle with homophones XD oh and shakespeare
I will forever be thankful to my sophomore english teacher for insisting we give this title a read. It is what finally sparked my love of reading books that were not just science fiction or horror. It was just so compelling and was the first time I sat back and thought about a book outside of holding it in my hand. Thanks for the video!
Not much of a dilemma, rabies is 100% fatal. Your choice is whether you want to die as well. Heart breaking.
My first thought as well, unfortunately.
I got the nebula add when I clicked on the video and was confused for a moment till I realized it was an add
I LOVED this story so much. Zora Neale Hurston is a master of her craft.
About the rabies infected husband... rabies is a terrible way to die, and I would rather take a bullet than die like that, and I would do the same for anyone I love. So that's not a dilemma to me, don't die of rabies.
Luckily, not a problem we have to face anymore.
First book you guys talked about that I haven't read. And the first I have heard about it as well. I'll add it to my list. Thanks for covering it.
So the critics found Zora's writing "discriminatory", because she used african-american dialect, even if she was an african-american?
Well, nobody can please everybody...
And not everyone deserves pleasing.
Hey Extra Credits! Been a long time fan!
Yay!!!! Thanks so much for hanging out and learning with us!
Well I never heard of this book before as soon as I was done watching the episode I got on the library site and requested it thanks so much.
Had this as Summer Reading in high school one year, and it became my favorite required reading. This book is an epic adventure, and I strongly recommend it.
I'm glad for this video coming out. I read the book in high school but had a hard time comprehending it and reading it. Now that I have a firmer grasp on what it's about, I'll probably try to pick it up again.
Funny thing is I read the book, I jus wanted to see the portrayal of the events play out in the video. Very accurate 100/10.
A beautiful story of inner strength.
Hi extra credits! Can you please do more extra mythology, the diversity in that series is absolutely amazing!
I second this
For real. The mythology episodes were my favorites! Was kinda sad we didn't get one during the holiday season last year.
Hmmmm...... I can't really say anything on that just yet.
As much as i love the mythology series, do you mind if you can make one centered on African mythology by places such as Nigeria, Ghana, Angola etc? Most African mythology is overlooked most of the time.
Like the epic of Mwindo, it's one of my favorite myths about heroism. It's a shame that heroes such as Mwindo are overlooked.
She had the opportunity to remove 3 bullets from the revolver, but she couldn't remove all 6 for some reason?
In the book, it’s explained this way. Tea-Cake is an experienced shooter, and knows how heavy a gun with bullets in it is. If Janie would take out all the bullets, he’d feel the difference in the weight.
@@LadyGrey260 Thanks for the explanation. It still seems like an odd choice. If he's an experienced shooter, he's 100% going to check if it's loaded as soon as he picks it up. You always check, doesn't matter if the revolver feels heavy or light.
Even if he doesn't check right away, after the first time he pulls the trigger and nothing happens, he's not going to be fooled 3 times without inspecting the weapon.
@@davidwilliam9681 That's not the reason. Janie removed three bullets and then set the cylinder to fire on the first empty chamber. She knew that Tea-Cake might try to kill her as he was very rapidly losing his mind due to rabies. The point of the three empty chambers wasn't to fool him but to give him exactly three chances to come to his senses before she was forced to kill him. The scene is very tense and drawn out as he continues to pull the trigger on her while she begs him to stop. Finally, after the third trigger pull and the next one guaranteed to fire a round, Janie is forced to defend herself. The remaining three bullets were deliberately left in to prove that he was, in fact, trying to kill her and full had the capacity to do so which wouldn't be the case if the cylinder was completely empty. This detail comes up in her trial as evidence for her self-defence case.
Unrelated but probably directly inspiring the scene, Billy the Kid pulled this exact stunt on a bounty hunter. He asked to see the bounty hunter's revolver, saw it was loaded with only three rounds, advanced the cylinder so the hammer fell on an empty chamber, handed the gun back, then taunted the man until he tried to shoot Billy. The gun failed to fire and Billy shot him in legal self-defence.
A friend of mine was reading this for English 3, I picked it up and I loved it 😍
I like that kind of story! A lot of "women/female empowerment" books and films portray women as foolish at first and all men as evil a-holes.
This story has a much better approach. The main character grows with her past experiences and in the end she finds a loving and good man. She was never foolish but she needed to learn to value herself enough.
That is a story far more realistic and that makes this book such a wonderful read.
I loved reading this in sophomore year, especially since it's set in my own state.
time to save this to watch tomorrow with my mom. ironically my family owns Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings but not Zora Neale Hurston Their eyes are watching God and me and my mom both have not read this book. can't wait to watch it tomorrow! me and my mom are even thinking of going to our local Barnes and Nobles to buy it and read it together
Something crazy is I decided to listen to this book a few days ago just by coincidence! Can’t wait to see how they bring it to life!
This sounds like a wonderful book to read, I’ll add it to a list of TBR list. I think it gives a wonderful read to anyone.
This was one of my favorite assigned readings in high school
This is one of my favourite stories
I teared up, I need to read this book.
sounds like an incredible book I need to read thanks for the heads up
@Extra Credits, You should make a So you haven't read on the outsiders! Its a really good book and I think you and your fans will like it!
Thank you
My favorite book!
Read that in middle school. Kind of intense when I read it, but definitely one of the books I never forget-far more interesting than any of the classics or plays I had to read lol
The year I was supposed to read this is high school, the teacher decided to shake things up a bit and had us read “Absalom, Absalom!” instead.
Sounds like a great yarn.
I'm waiting for the "So You Haven't Read The alchemist"
4:01-4:08 Which would later be adapted into a movie by none other than Steven Spielberg.
I love this book so much!
But the language in the book was so hard to read for me. 😢
If not for this year, hopefully next year, I would like to see an Extra History one-shot on the Stonewall riots.
Fowler said "ain't" should be considered an abbreviation of "am not".
Suggestion- So you haven’t read Dante’s Divine Comedy
Not book related, the Spider Skull Walker in a powdered wig and ascot made me spit coffee laughing.
I had read this book in my college years & maaan i was very confused! I saw the movie & then i read the book. But then i read the Color Purple & i finally got it. 💜
I have to read this book my mom got the revised version from 1980
dudeee you should make a "So You Haven't Read Noli Me Tangere/El Filibusterismo" video 👀 👀
Never read the book but I did watch the TV movie with Halle Berry as Janie and Michael Early as Tea Cake. I thought it was pretty good!
I think I had to read this in high school and watched a movie adaption
Lmao I just got an Extra Credit Nebula ad on this video
Hello
I remember the movie
How can you wear a tank top without shoulders?
practice
Cartoon skills lol
Please do one on kidnapped by Robert Louis stevenson
*PLEASE DO THE GIVER*
What does the title mean?
Glad to know I had this masterpiece just sitting in my collection.
Extra, good day~ wwhat a interesting recording~ :)
Genuine question: Why does a good story have multiple readings?
If art can be conceived as the transmission of feelings,emotions and experiences through time and space, why would it having multiple interpretations be beneficial to the author? Clarity in language is considered a fundamental for communication after all, else we wouldn't make such a big deal out of double negatives. Of course, it's inevitable that a work be interpreted differently depending on cultural background and historical period. But that is just a consequence of human diversity and mutability. How does it benefit the author in transmitting what they wish to?
It seems conceiving a good story as such is more beneficial to readers who express a divergent, in regards to the mainstream, interpretation of the work and want to justify it. This is something that cuts both ways.
From what I've seen, there's around three answers to that. 1 is that celebrating the potential for a story to have many readings encourages critical thinking. 2 is that it's more an inevitability that any story can have multiple interpretations, and many great authors know that, so they'll intentionally write stories where multiple of the possible interpretations are useful and profound in their own way. 3 is that a truly great story can tell each reader whatever message they most need to hear, although I feel like that's a sort of overly-romantic notion.
I’ve read this book and it was very good. The spoilers kinda sucked tbh, y’all shouldn’t have done that
never been this early Hi!
Hello!
@@extrahistory Omgosh you replied! Have a great day 🤗. (loved the vid btw)
Really wish you wouldn't put adverts in the middle of sentences.
Love Littérature ❤️❤️🔥❤️
Oh my word that is my last name
Do life of pi
I am super early today
Thanks for being here!
Lol god I hated this book when I read it in school. I had my own stress to deal with
Sorry to hear that and the book is certainly not for everyone.
Oh, no, now that I’m older, I can definitely see the appeal! But when you’re young and struggling in school, reading a book about someone else struggling even worse isn’t what the doctor ordered, ya know? But great video!
I absolutely adore this series, it has cleared my confusion about many of the books I read. However, I would request to include some philosophical works as well as sometimes they get intensely complex and sometimes.... well boring
Cough* cough*
His name is Johnathan cena
Also if I didn’t want spoilers I wouldn’t watch the recap
PANR has tuned in.
But why is it called that?
It’s a reference to the characters reacting to the hurricane. Their eyes weren’t watching the storm, they were watching God
Oh boy this brought back memories. The phonetic spelling was so interesting. "I" became "Ah" and the one I read so much was " 'oman " instead of "woman"
That's some good Jim Carrey. Oh gods, why's that my takeaway, gotta read that book...
A terrible, terrifying, terrific story!
Well I'm glad so people enjoyed this book this is my 3nd least favorite book ever
Yi remaster pls.
Hallo
Hi!
I am alive
Bruh 🤣
First
So you haven't read the bible
Karma for cheating on your first husband.
Hello