Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, is a novel about self-discovery, in which Janie Crawford is determined to find true love in marriage, and live life according to her terms. ... With Joe out of her life, Janie is finally able to enjoy freedom in her life again. ... Tea Cake wanted Janie to enjoy sports with everyone else, to play checkers like others, and to drink cokes in the store. ... During all of the destruction caused, Tea Cake and Janie stared the darkness and chaos of the storm as if "their eyes were watching God," signifying t...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

As I sat, watching over my grandfather, my thoughts began to wander. ... Although watching him die was very saddening, it was not a terrible experience. ... It was terrible to watch him struggle to live. ... Like the deer who were enjoying the splendor of life, my grandfather was now going to experience the magnificence of death. ... While I am alive I will live the best that I can, all the while enjoying each moment I have with the people I care about. ...

• Word Count: 1781
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

She continues to watch the domestic scene in front of her, as the wife pegs out washing. ... In the following sequence Bogarde leaves his wife and we watch him leave through the window of a house, this time of the wife's point of view, now showing that she is the one distanced from his new life, and that Diana was enough for him to be taken away from his old one. ... She is enjoying having the upper hand. ... Although here, in contrast, it is she who owns the table and she who exerts all the power, and ironically, now that she has it she doesn't enj...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is how repetition made a tradition in Veronica Chamber's family: I grew up watching my Catholic mother light candles for every prayer. ... When an activity such as spending time with the family on holidays is repeated every year the child eventually grows to enjoy the activity and finds a need for tradition in their life; thus making spending time with family on the holidays a tradition. The activity can or cannot be enjoyed by the child; just as long as the family puts forth strong effort towards repetition of the activity anything can be made into a tradition. ...

• Word Count: 1401
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• Grade Level: High School

We could only watch helplessly as he dwindled away. ... We did not have many of the amenities that we enjoy today. ... My grandfather reached the point where he did not have the strength to perform the activities that he once enjoyed doing such as fishing and socializing with his friends. ...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Most ideas that he wrote about were bad, but readers of all ages and interests enjoyed his work even a century after his death. ... He watched his life decay just like the narrator viewed the death of the Ushers. ...

• Word Count: 1415
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• Grade Level: High School

"This is what it is to live," he cried; "now I enjoy existence!" (p. 143) even when Victor arrives at the village of Chamonix it is the sounds of the river that soothes his worried mind: "I remained at the window watching the pallid lightnings that played above Mont Blanc and listening to the rushing of the Arve, which pursued its noisy way beneath. ...

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When Caroline and Lester go to watch Jane perform at halftime of a high school basketball game, Lester is only concerned with how long he has to be there and when he will be able to go home. ... He realizes that he no longer enjoys his job, and that he is unhappy with the way he is leading his life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

People nowadays live life too fast and hurriedly, whereas it is touching to see a group of six teenagers enjoy the smaller things in life. ... Many lessons can be learned simply by this watching film. ...

• Word Count: 1568
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School