History of my Name

Recently I questioned my mom about my name, Emily. There was no major reason why she named me Emily except that she really,really liked it. My mom wanted to name me Ann and my twin brother Nole and then my older brother Ryan whose name happens to be Ryan. Then together it would be Nolan Ryan who was a famous pitcher in the Major League for the Texas Rangers. She was a big baseball fan and I guess he was one of her favorite players. Thank god, my mom chose Emily instead of Ann because I don't like the name Ann. My mom also wanted to name me Amy,but stuck with Emily. I really like my name which means "to strive or excel", but many other people have the same name. I don't like when other people spell Emily other than that way. Some people spell it like Emilee or Emalee. I think it looks weird and awkward.My name is really easy to pronounce so no one really messes it up. I was not named after anyone in my family. The only names in my family that are named after eachother are all the middle names of the kids in the family.

Growing up I've had some nicknames from my family and friends. Because Jay, my twin, could not say Emily he would call me Mawnee. To this day my mom still calls me Mawnee, Emilou or Lou Lou. Everyone in my family calls me Em and usually not my full name, Emily.My friends usually just stick to common nicknames like Em or Ems. For basketball though, we all got a nickname and mine was E Squared because both my first and last name began with the letter "e". I sometimes wish that my initials spelled out word, so people could call me that.

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Zora Neale Hurston was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. She wrote the book Their Eyes are Watching God. This is a story of Janie telling her best friend Phoebe about her life from when she was 16 to when she was 40. Janie has had a tough life since she was very little. Both her grandmother and mother were raped and from that she was a mixed child who was made fun of at school.


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25 Facts About Me

1. I hate ice cubes.
2. I don't like spiders, but I like Spiderman.
3. I'm a twin.
4. Alternative rock is my favorite music.
5. I hate peas.
6. I've been to Ireland twice and to England and France.
7. I can get really mad for something really small.
8. I get really passionate about things.
9. I hate saying "Good Morning"
10. If I don't really know the people I'm around I'm quiet, but otherwise outgoing.
11. I'm really stubborn and don't like backing down.
12. I like to be the leader.
13. I used to be a competitive gymanst.
14. I love lacrosse.
15. I'm a Syracuse fan.
16. I've walked across the Golden Gate Bridge.
17. My favorite number is 33 because it's my initals backward.
18. I have been to Niagra Falls.
19. I've watched a calf being born.
20. I love getting new sweatshirts.
21. I don't like to eat the edges of Poptarts.
22. I used to want to be an actress when I was little.
23. I've never broken a bone.
24. I always tell my parents I love them anytime I get off the phone or they are leaving.
25. I'm not a wannabe; I'm who I wanna be.

Symbolism of Their Eyes Were Watching God

Symbolic Objects in Their Eyes Were Watching God
1. Janie’s hair- Her individuality and uniqueness from everyone else.
2. Pear tree- It symbolizes her womanhood and the challenges she face’s and overcomes in life.
3. Gate- Where she looks out into the “world” and sees all the things she can’t obtain when married Logan.
4. Mule- “Women are the mules of the world” women do everything that men should do
5. Head rag- That Janie is being tamed and only belongs to Joe. She is being separated from the rest of the town.
6. Manure pile- Logan and Janie’s marriage is not going to find love.
7. Overalls- When Janie comes back to town she isn’t wearing her usual silks and nice clothes, so it’s her start for a new beginning by working and with her colored friends.
8. Lamp lighting up town- Joe bought a lamp and placed it in the town to show that it is becoming greater.
9. Street-As Janie leaves Logan for Joe she runs down the street and describes the feeling as a new start for a better life.
10. Cracked plate- Janie’s nanny has lived a long night and can’t control Janie’s actions and choices in life, so Nanny asks Janie to do what she approves of.

Imagery in the Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston uses many, many beautuful imagery in her book, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Here are 10 that we picked out.

Imagery in Their Eyes Were Watching God
1. “That was before the golden dust of pollen had beglamored his rags and her eyes.” (p12)
2. “Put me down easy, Janie, Ah’m a cracked plate.” (p 20)
3. “From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds; from the leaf-buds to snowy virginity of bloom. It stirred her tremendously.” (p10)
4. “We’ll walk in de light, de beautiful light Come where the dew drops of mercy shine bright Shine all around us by day and by night Jesus, the light of the world.” (p 46)
5. “They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down.” (p 50)
6. “Every morning the world flung itself over and exposed the town to the sun.” (p51)
7. “His prosperous-looking belly that used to thrust out so pugnaciously and intimidate folks, sagged like a load suspended from his loins.” (p 77)
8. “If Ah like man flesh, Ah could eat some man every day, some of ‘em is so trashy they’d let me eat ‘em. (p 67)
9. “The years took all the fight out of Janie’s face.” (p76)
10. “She knew that God tore down the old world every evening and built a new one by sun-up.” (p 25)