Journal Week #9

     This year I decided to start playing tennis again and I love it! On Tuesday I had my third match against a girl from West Feliciana. After driving all the way to Baker, I walked into the facility where all the courts were and saw a girl playing and I thought she was really good. She did not have a uniform on so I did not think she was part of the team. When Coach Stevens told me that I was playing her, I got really scared. She was definitely the best person I had ever played with before. I kept up with her in points through out the match but I only won one game. Even though I lost pretty badly, it was still a fun match and I know i got better by playing with her.

Journal Week#8

     The week after Mardi Gras break is always long, tiring, and drawn out. This week was especially tiring because I had a lot of assignments to do. It also came to my attention that I have not started my research paper which is due next week for AP US History class. Ms. Tassin began explaining some of the requirements and things we need to have which made me extremely nervous. Luckily my dad loves history and he is able to help me along with my tutor, so hopefully the next week won't be too bad.

Tea Cake and The Tea Cake Analysis

     In southern culture, it used to be common to sit on one's porch with friends and neighbors and talk, tell stories, and often gossip about different events or people while eating a "Tea Cake". Today in class, we simulated these "porch talks" and ate tea cakes. The tea cake has a distinctive taste to it. It is most and spongy like a cake is, but has a taste of spices after the sweet. This tea cake can relate to the character of Tea Cake in "Their Eyes Were Watching God". The two can be connected because the sweetness that is first tasted relates he and Janie's relationship because she finally feels free and a sense of relief, which she greatly enjoys. The spice that is tasted symbolizes that he too, like the other men, were not perfect and relates to the bad ending of the relationship when he was murdered. Hurston strategically and metaphorically named him keeping the southern element in mind.