A Nigerian-American's Take on Literature

I feel as though the men throughout all the books we have been reading have been interesting to say the least. In "Invisible Man", they seemed to be more well rounded although some of them were still considered bad people. In "Their Eyes Were Watching God", the men seemed much flatter, with only a few being well rounded. I don't know how to feel about the contrasts really, but what I do know is that I don't feel too strongly either way. However, I suppose I prefer the way they were depicted in "Their Eyes Were Watching God". Their role in the novel was what really sucked me in. The men in "Their Eyes Were Watching God" served primarily as love interests for the main protagonist, Janie. Outside of that, they weren't really used for much (this is not to say they weren't crucial to the book, but in relation to Janie's story, that was their primary purpose). A good comparison would be the women in "Invisible Man". They...

I'm gonna keep it 100 with you chief, at first I didn't know what was going on. I've seen people write in different dialectics before and still have never understood them. Now this author throws us straight into a story written in southern hieroglyphs. I also want to relate to the protagonist, Janie, but I have almost nothing in common with her, which isn't essentially a bad thing. She seems like a well rounded and three dimensional individual, while I on the other hand am most defiantly not. I'll likely never go through the problems she is and vice versa, but something about her makes her seem like an actual person. Additionally, one of the problems she is currently struggling with (or was I suppose) is loving a man she has been forced to marry. This is a problem I'm happy I as an African American will never have to deal with, because I'm going to die alone . Her problems make her seem like she isn't just some two dimensional Disney princess, she is ...