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Sara Elizabeth Chaude Mrs. Laurencot Respone One

// Their Eyes Were Watching God  // <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msoasciithemefont: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidithemefont: minor-bidi; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msohansithemefont: minor-latin;">" Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board" 

The first sentence, "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board, " to me means that every man dreams of having something they know they cannot get. For example, if a guy wanted to go to a foreign country, but knew that he wouldn’t be able to because he didn’t have the money or he couldn't leave his duties behind, he still wishes that he could do it. Another interpret I had from this quote was that you never know that what could happen in life and what you want could really be only a step away.

After reading chapter one, the quote, "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board," this quote to me means basically the same thing I predicted before reading the chapter. I still think it has to do with wanting something you really want but it’s going to take a lot to get it. One way that I could connect my summary of the quote to the chapter I read tonight was that Janie went on a ship and lost something, and now is on a journey to find it, and what it really meant to her.