Admiration

You're the one that taught me right from wrong. You're the one that showed me how to work for what I want. You're the one that is around all the time. You're the one that made me who I am today. You're the one I wish to be like someday. I'm the one who admires you.

Disdain

There is a group that likes to hurt others. These are the bullies. They hurt others simply because someone probably hurt them. They discriminate against those that are different from them. They intimidate those weaker than them. Sooner or later they'll learn their lesson. They will mess with someone they can't beat.

Meaningful Quote Passage

Their Eyes Were Watching God had many memorable phrases with the ability to affect readers emotionally. Hurston put a lot of creative thought into writing this book. The most memorable and true quote I read in the book came in Chapter 18: “Common dangers made common friends. Nothing sought a conquest over the other.” This was written pertaining to the relationship between animals during the big storm in the muck. Though it is applied to animals, it can certainly be used as an example for humans as well.
We may not notice it, but in times of peril we often attach ourselves to everyone we can. This group includes enemies. Just as a snake and mouse will stop their cycle of predator against prey when greater danger is present, we will do the same. For example, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Two planes were crashed into the Twin Towers, and one into the Pentagon. A little less than 3,000 were killed by these attacks. Days before this incident, America was just a normal superpower country. We were divided and distant from one another, just trying to make it for ourselves. After this tragedy things took a complete turn. Now people hang flags on Memorial Day, they joined the Armed Forces, they showed pride in their country. Overall, we became a more nationalistic country. Why? One simple reason. People felt as though their lives were threatened. They felt that things would go bad and they wouldn’t survive unless they became close to the people around them. They did this by volunteering to help and making more friends.
The same thing happened in the story several times. The first time was the creation of the town by Blacks, Eatonville. There were common dangers: Whites, Jim Crow, racism. And that brought this group of people together to become friends, when normally they wouldn’t likely stay around each other. In the storm situation, danger was present to everyone. No one was safe when it came. Beforehand, friends warned Tea Cake and Janie of the dangers. And during the storm the two attempted to help another friend who wanted to sleep. People are much friendlier to each other when they know that lives were at stake.