OBJECTIVE:
To explore the possible relationships between characters in a novel.
PREPARATION:
Stage 1
Students read the novel
Their Eyes Were Watching God
and answer all the questions on each chapter so that the characters and events are familiar to the students.
Stage 2
Photocopy Chapter XII, “My People! My People!” from
Dust Tracks on a Road
, Hurston’s autobiography.
ACTIVITIES:
Assign the reading of the chapter to the students for homework or class work. Consider what would be the best approach for your own students. Indicate that the author of this essay “,My People! MY People!’ is the author of
Their Eyes Were Watching God
. Ask the students to start making or finding connections between the attitudes expressed in “My People! My People!’ and those found in the characters or events in
Their Eyes Were Watching God
.
