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Lauren Hess Mrs. Laurencot Their Eyes Were Watching God

Before I read: To me the first sentence of this book,"ships at a distance have every man's wish on board" means that every man's wish that they have they will never be able to get because it's too far from them to grasp. Everybody's wants and desires to them feel so far away that they feel as if they keep floating away even when they try to get closer.

After I read: This quote doesn't make too much sense to me after i read the book because i couldn't follow the book too well. The southern dialect of the book made if difficult for me to understand and follow the story clearly, so therefore this quote has no meaning at this point.