Their Eyes Were Watching God: quotes
"Mah wife don't know nothin' 'bout no speech-makin'."
Who is the Jody/Joe?
The last name of Janie & Joe.
What is Starks?
Nohbdy's blinded me!
Who is Polyphemus?
The goddess who helps the most
Who is Athena?
"Look, it is done. It is over. The wound is healed, I am whole, I am free."
Who is Ged?
Ged's nemesis on Roke.
Who is Jasper?
"Janie, youse got yo' womanhood on yuh. Ah wants to see you married right away."
Who is Nanny?
The teenage boy who helps out in the store after Jody dies.
Who is Hezekiah?
"My house is being plundered: is this courtesy? Where is your indignation? Where is your shame?"
Who is Telemakhos?
The man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end.
Who is Odysseus?
"To hear, one must be silent."
Who is Ogion?
Ged's nemesis on Gont.
Who is Serret?
"Ah aims tuh run two plows, and dis man Ah'm talkin' 'bout is got uh mule all gentled up so even uh woman kin handle 'im."
Who is Logan Killicks?
He fell asleep in the big house during the hurricane and decided to sleep rather than run.
Who is Motor Boat?
"Telemakhos, the stranger you welcomed in your hall has not disgraced you. I did not miss, neither did I take all day stringing the bow. My hand and eye are sound. The hour has come to cook their lordships' mutton."
Who is Odysseus?
The clever seamstress whose shroud is curiously never completed.
Who is Penelope?
"And if ever you need me send for me call on me by my name: Estarriol."
Who is Vetch?
He preaches patience.
Who is Ogion?
"Janie, from now on, you gointuh eat whutever mah money can buy yuh and wear de same. When Ah aint' got nothin' you don't git nothin'."
Who is Tea Cake?
The white family whose property Janie lives on as a child.
Who are the Washburns?
"Oh you vile gods, in jealousy supernal! You hate it when we choose to lie with men!"
Who is Kalypso?
The men who are feasting on Odysseus' stores and wooing his wife.
Who are the suitors?
"I know what you did, but not what you are. I cannot accept your fealty."
Who is Archmage Gensher?
He makes lists that students must memorize.
Who is the Master Namer?
"Ah can't stand black n--s. Ah don't blame de white folks from hatin' 'em 'cause Ah can't stand 'em mahself. 'Nother thing, Ah hates tuh see folks like me and you mised up wid 'em."
Who is Mrs. Turner?
His mule and his ineptitude are a source of ridicule for the town.
Who is Matt Bonner?
"Here is a pretty cruise! While I was gone the gods have changed their minds about Odysseus. Still, I can give him a rough ride in, and will."
Who is Poseidon?
The old blind prophet who tells of Odysseus' fate.
Who is Tieresias?
"Ged, you won entrance to Roke by saying your name. Now you may win your freedom of it by saying mine."
Who is the Doorkeeper?
He is a wise old dragon.
Who is Yevaud?