Yesterday,I distributed an essay question on the novel,"Their Eyes Were Watching God" that addressed the main character's journey of self -discovery and required tying the novel's themes to two poems by Langston Hughes. For homework, Olivia prepared an outline which we reviewed and discussed today. We first examined ways to describe Janie's life journey in terms of self-knowledge ,independence and finding one's voice in the face of societal oppression. As the essay raises the role of the recurring symbol of the "horizon", we added to the outline examples of Janie's horizon ,her dreams , and the impediments created by Janie's early marriages to her reaching her dream of living a fully realized life. As Olivia's outline fully integrated the metaphors contained in the poem, "Dreams" into her outline ,we then addressed the question the poet raises in "Harlem", "What happens to a dream deferred?" The poet suggests many possibilities, and we examined ,per the essay question. how the novel's main character might respond to this query. In order to give Olivia practice writing a timed essay, during tomorrow 's session , Olivia will write the essay based on the discussed outline. For homework , she can begin the essay if she wants to get a start on the writing.