One of the themes from Their Eyes Were Watching God is that dominance and conquest are destructive ways to seek identity and ful
fillment. Which quotation BEST supports this theme? A. “But you wasn’t satisfied wid me de way Ah was. Naw! Mah own mind had tuh be squeezed and crowded out tuh make room for yours in me.”
B. "Mah wife don't know nothin' 'bout no speech-makin' . . . She's uh woman and her place is in de home"
C. “Come help me move dis manure pile befo’ de sun gits hot. You don’t take a bit of interest in dis place.”
D. “Ah don’t blame de white folks from hatin’ ‘em ‘cause Ah can’t stand ‘em mahself . . . Us oughta class off.”
The answer is: A. “But you wasn’t satisfied wid me de way Ah was. Naw! Mah own mind had tuh be squeezed and crowded out tuh make room for yours in me.”
In this part of the story Janie is telling Joe about a way that men keep women down, by silencing them and she recognizes that Joe’s attempts to silent her are invasion of her thoughts, this is showing her look for identity in the story.
