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__Their Eyes Were Watching God: Chapter 1__
11/15/09

//"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."//

Before I read the first chapter of the book I thought the quote was relating to a person's journey through life. I thought the quote was focusing on a person's hopes and goals and I thought it was showing how in each person there is something that they can't have, and its far from them. I think that everyone has one thing that they would want to change in their life and I think this quote is saying that by saying that some where far away there is something that everyone wants, whether its a dream or a goal in their life.
 * Before Reading:**

After I read the first chapter in this book I was reassurred about what this quote meant. I don't exactly see how the quote relates to the first chapter yet, except for the part that the women, Janie went on a journey. Through her journey she lost something and now she is trying to figure out now what she wants. I could see that Janie was relating to the part in the quote that I thought of as a journey, and now she has different hopes and dreams now that Tea Cake is gone.
 * After Reading:**