The Clique of the GHETTO

The kids you "don't want to mess with" - that's the image. Baggy clothes, silver chains, and rap music is usually what comes to mind when you think about the ghetto group at your school. The style of clothing in this group is usually sporty. Jerseys and brands such as Ecco and Sean John seem to be the norm. Just like any other group in high school, a certain style of music goes along with this group, usually rap and hip-hop.In high school, many people may shift to a different style and enter new groups. Usually this clique ends up in fights, in jail, murdering, or getting killed because of the stupid mentality that they have. There is a very low success rate of success in this clique because they care too much about what other people think of them, and that education is for fools.

Their Eyes Were Watching God Quote

The quote that stook out for me the most was when Hurston stated that "Before the week was over he had whipped Janie. Not because of her behavior justified his jealously, but it relieved that awful fear inside him. Being able to whip her reassured him in possession. Not brutal beating at all. He just slapped her around a bit to show he was boss."I felt bad for Janie when Mrs. Turner’s brother came home because Janie got beaten for Tea Cake’s jealously. I loved this quote because Tea Cake’s felt the need to do this because it not only made him feel better but also because this was the way the husbands were supposes to treat their wife. They were the boss; there was no equal medium back then, but in their relationship there was. Tea Cake’s allows her to have an equal say or he at least wants her to. Another reason why Tea Cake’s beat Janie was because he feared that she would leave him. I felt like Janie allowed him to do this because she knew his intentions and why he did it. Relating this quote to what some people refer to as the "Roaring Twenties" where woman start to gain more independence, and are doing whatever it is what they want to do, we can see the change that women endured to be where they are now is phenominal. I personally believe that men should not hit there wives or any woman for that matter. It shows weakness and cowardness. Many women felt that they needed a man to survive, and they would take anything from there husbands. In our modern day in time, woman are more independent, and 9 times out of 10 if there man hits them and slaps them around, they would turn on Beyonce's song "Irraplaceable" and say "to the left to the left." It has always been hard for women to earn the same respect as men. Women have endured a lot through the years to get where they are today, but the fight for respect still continues. In this novel, Janie is on a journey of self-discovery and to achieve independence and self-understanding, but she does not do so until she is nearly forty years old. Many obstacles stood in her way that was one of many fights toward woman becoming recognized for independence.

If I was to see what will happen to the future, I would say Janies life continued as an independent woman, she couldn’t help but to think that she might fall in another relationship filled with the same struggles of her other three. She remembered how much easier life use to be as a child, and the hardships she’s had to endure being in the real world; the first time she had true intimacy, the feeling she struggled with knowing her intimacy eventually ended. Janie had fell in love after her marriage ended. Although her marriage is on a successful road now, there is still that doubt in her mind that something could go wrong and she’ll end up back at square one. However she knows that she’s an independent woman, and she doesn’t need a man like she felt in her early years.