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English, 16.12.2021 05:10 arthurdolz

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. “Ah done lived Grandma’s way, now Ah means tuh live mine.”

“What you mean by dat, Janie?”

“She was borned in slavery time when folks, dat is black folks, didn’t sit down anytime dey felt lak it. So sittin’ on porches lak de white madam looked lak uh mighty fine thing tuh her. Dat’swhutshewanted for me—don’t keerwhut it cost. Git up on uh high chair and sit dere. She didn’t have time tuh think what tuh do after you got up on de stool uh do nothin’. De object wuztuhditdere. So Ah got up on de high stool lak she told me, but Pheoby, Ah done nearly languished tuh death up dere. Ah felt like de world wuzcryin’ extry and Ah ain’t read de common news yet.”

What is significant about this excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God? Select all that apply.

a)It expresses a sadness and longing for the past.
b)It shows that Janie finally understands her grandmother.
c)It suggests that Janie is searching for more than materialism.
d)It discusses the effects of harmful belief systems.

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