The Search for Happiness in Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God It is human nature to look for happiness. Some people find it in material possessions, some find it in money, but most of us find it in love. To find true love is a difficult task especially now in the times of cell phones and Jaguars. Money and power play a big role in todays society, and some people would rather have those things than a love of another human being. In some rare cases it is not even a persons decision who she (almost every time its a woman who is being given away) will marry. Although it does not happen very often, there are still cases where a woman is being married off to a man by an arrangement made by her parents, to insure stability and security of that woman. The standing in the community means a great deal, just like Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God illustrates. Janie, the main character in the book, was raised by her grandmother. Ever since Janies mother ran away it was just the two of them living together. As a kid Janie lived in the house where her grandmother was a nanny for a white family. She was treated the same as the white children, they ate together, played together, even got punished together. Janie, unlike most of the blacks at that time, did not see any discrimination while she was growing up. That was the building block of her strong personality. There was some teasing in school about her living in a white folks home, but she did not pay much attention to that. Now if I may go off the subject for a moment I would like to say how beautifully and descriptively the book is written. There is one passage in particular that I truly enjoyed reading : It was a spring afternoon in West Florida. Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in the back-yard. She had been spending every minute that she could steal from her chores under that tree for the last three days. That was to say, ever since the first tiny bloom had opened. It had called her to come and gaze on a mystery. From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds; from the leaf-buds to snowy virginity of bloom. It stirred her tremendously. How? Why? It was like a flute song forgotten in another existence and remembered again. What? How? Why? This singing she heard that had nothing to do with her ears. The rose of the world was breathing out smell. It followed her through all her waking moments and caressed her in her sleep. It connected itself with other vaguely felt matters that had struck her outside observation and buried themselves in her flesh. Now they emerged and quested about her consciousness (11). Nannys dream (Nanny was how Janie called her grandmother) was for Janie to attain a position of security in society, high ground as she put it. As the person who raised her, Nanny felt that it is both her right and obligation to impose her dreams and her ideas of what is important in life on Janie. From that, of course, came a big conflict. As the book shows the strong relationship between mother and child is important in the African-American community, and the conflict between Janies idyllic view of marriage and Nannys wish for her to marry for stability and position is a good illustration of just how deep the respect and trust runs. Janie had a very romantic notion of what marriage should be. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace . . . so this was a marriage, is how Janie pictured marriage. Nannys idea of a good marriage was someone who has some standing in the community, someone who would get Janie to that higher ground. Nanny wanted Janie to marry Logan Killicks, but according to Janie he look like some ole skull-head in de grave yard Hurston (28). Even more importantly to Janie, though, was the fact that the vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree. Nanny told Janie So you dont want to marry off decent like . . . you wants to make me suck the same sorrow yo mama did, eh? Mah ole head aint gray enough. My back aint bowed enough to suit you!. After they had the fight over Logan Killicks, Nanny said something, by way of an explanation of why Janie needs to marry up the social ladder, that revealed a good deal about the reality of being an African-American woman. She says De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see Hurston (29). Janie, out of respect for her grandmother, went off to start her role as a wife. For the most part, Janies experiences as a wife were typical of what many women go through, at least in terms of the roles that she was cast in. In contrast to the role of the mother, which is one of giving and nurturing, the role of wife is characterized by giving up ones self in the marriage. Janie, although she tried very hard, could not make herself love Logan Killicks. Their marriage didnt last long. Logan changed; he did not give any respect to Janies feelings, in fact he didnt want to hear what she had to say. As he saw it she was just there to do whatever he ordered. Logan realized more and more that Janie was not happy with him, he tried to force her into the traditional wife role by having her do more and more of the demeaning work around the farm. The last straw was when he asked her to get a shovel and move a pile of manure. She leaves Logan behind for a young man, Joe Starks, who she thinks is her answer to the pear tree. In some ways her marriage with Joe Starks is more of a hardship on Janie than her marriage to Logan. Although she stays married to Joe until he dies, she soon begins to understand that she has exchanged the physical and emotional bondage of her marriage to Logan for intellectual and social bondage by Joe. The scene where Joe Starks is elected mayor illustrates this point, as the crowd wants to here from Mrs. Mayor Starks (she no longer has her own identity). Mah wife dont know nothin bout no speech-makin. Ah never married her for nuthin lak dat. Shes uh woman and her place is in de home Hurston (69). It soon becomes apperant that Joe was only interested in having a wife to use as a show piece. Janie wanted to feel a part of the community, but Joe kept her isolated so that she would continue to be his prize and not become just another woman in the town. After years of marriage Janie began to realize that her husband started to change. He reminded her more and more of Logan. There was a fear in Joe. A fear of loosing Janie because, he thought, of his age. He was much older than Janie and that ate him from the inside. He stopped giving Janie complements, instead he would tell her that she was an old and unattractive woman, that no man wants her. He did all that just to feel better about himself. But nothing could break Janies spirit, not even his death. Joe died when Janie was thirty-five. She was still a young woman full of hopes and dreams. She was also very rich. Nanny was right It wasnt love that gave Janie all the material possessions that she now had. But having all this Janie never experienced one thing she treasured the most, she never experienced true happiness. This is where Tea Cake comes into the picture. Janie met Tea Cake not long after the death of her second husband. She fell in love, real love, love that she waited her whole life for. Tea Cake was truly different from other men, he was loving and caring, and he did not ask anything in return but to be loved. He showed Janie that it is traditional male attitudes toward women that keep them in their submissive roles. With him she felt free. After a while Janie and Tea Cake left town to get away from the image the people still had of Janie as Mrs. Mayor Starks. This meant a new identity for Janie - but this time she was able to build her own identity and what she gave up for Tea Cake she gave up willingly, because she loved him. Janie was able to have this kind of relationship with Tea Cake because he was carefree; he was not caught up in the social or political roles than most men strive for - he just wanted to have fun and support Janie. Living with Tea Cake were the happiest years of Janies life. This was the third and final marriage. But no matter how wonderful this marriage was, it ended in a heartbreak. One day there was a big storm and Janie and Tea Cake had to leave the house because the water was coming in fast. The had to run to a higher ground. That was when Tea Cake got bitten by a dog. It was a mad dog that bit him and soon after the incident he got sick. It got to a point where no doctor could help him. Janie saw his suffering, but she also saw something different in his eyes, something that did not belong. Janie killed Tea Cake when he tried to kill her. But she did not kill the Tea Cake she knew and loved. That Tea Cake was long gone, and Janie knew that. She also knew that she accomplished everything she wished for in life, so she returned to the town where she was born to live out the rest of her years.
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Jackie was born and raised in Cairo, Georgia 1919. He was raised by his single mother Mallie along with is four siblings. He was the first person at UCLA to obtain a varsity letter in baseball, basketball, football, and track. He married Rachel Isum who he met at UCLA. He however had to leave school due to financial reasons and decided to enlist in the military, but was honorably discharged due to being court-martialed due to his actions against racial discrimination. Jackie played one season in 1945 with the Kansas City Monarchs leading to further achievements in his professional baseball career.
The next man that Janie confides in is Joe Starks. Joe in a sense is Janie's savior in her relationship with Logan Killicks. Joe was a well kept man who worked for "white-folks" all his life and had earned enough money to move himself to a town called Eatonville that was run completely by black people. Janie meets Joe while she is still married to Logan and she begins to lean on him ever so slightly. She has wanted to leave Logan, and she wouldn't have if Joe had not come along. Joe convinced Janie that he would be better off for her by telling her, "Janie, if you think Ah aims to tole you off and make a dog outa you, youse wrong.
In the beginning of the story, Janie is stifled and does not truly reveal her identity. When caught kissing Johnny Taylor, a local boy, her nanny marries her off to Logan Killicks. While with Killicks, the reader never learns who the real Janie is. Janie does not make any decisions for herself and displays no personality. Janie takes a brave leap by leaving Killicks for Jody Starks. Starks is a smooth talking power hungry man who never allows Janie express her real self. The Eatonville community views Janie as the typical woman who tends to her husband and their house. Janie does not want to be accepted into the society as the average wife. Before Jody dies, Janie is able to let her suppressed anger out.
Janie’s first attempt at love does not turn out quite like she hopes. Her grandmother forces her into marrying Logan Killicks. As the year passes, Janie grows unhappy and miserable. By pure fate, Janie meets Joe Starks and immediately lusts after him. With the knowledge of being wrong and expecting to be ridiculed, she leaves Logan and runs off with Joe to start a new marriage. This is the first time that Janie does what she wants in her search of happiness: “Even if Joe was not waiting for her, the change was bound to do her good…From now on until death she was going to have flower dust and springtime sprinkled over everything” (32). Janie’s new outlook on life, although somewhat shadowed by blind love, will keep her satisfied momentarily, but soon she will return to the loneliness she is running from.
Gas metal arc welding, or most commonly referred to as MIG welding is a very common and sometimes preferred method of welding. Gas metal arc is personally one of the easiest and controllable welding types there is.
Welding is a process used to join metal parts by producing a coalescence, called a weld, at a joint. Advances in welding technology have opened the way for innovative designs in structures and machinery. Of modern welding processes, the greatest number fall under the general classifications of arc welding, gas welding and cutting, resistance welding, and brazing.
He is Janie's real first love, and is finally happy with him. Tea Cake was the most contrasting between the husbands because he allowed Janie to discover her voice and be herself again. He let her do things that women of the time weren't allowed to do normally because he believed she was equal. He loved Janie for herself and nothing less. Their relationship was not based off material things. All three husbands hit Janie but Tea Cake was the only somewhat justified one because Janie did not mind it. She was using her old relationships come into play by not saying anything, just like she did for the last two. In the book it says, “Janie awoke the next morning by feeling Tea Cake almost kissing her breath away. Holding her and caressing her as if he feared she might escape” (107). Janie cannot help but think about Tea Cake and how much she loves him. He stand for the feeling of happiness that Janie had always dreamed of. Janie finally realizes what love is. They listen to each other and treat one another as equal
Some of the very basic processes of welding include: Gas metal arc welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, and oxyfuel gas cutting. These processes are so unique in certain ways that it is easy to forget about all the dangers that come with welding. When there is a finished weld that is so beautiful from a process that is not really desirable, that is when it is easy to forget.
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The explosion welding process was discovered in the United States in the 1950’s, and developed in the 1960’s. Also known as explosion cladding, or explosion bonding, the welding process uses extremely high amounts of pressure to bond, sometimes highly dissimilar metals together, such as copper and stainless steel, or aluminum and carbon steel, to make a product with various desirable properties of both metals. According to High Energy Metals Inc. one of the many difficulties of Explosion welding is calculating
...nother material to so. Welding is more efficient and versatile, and it produces a stronger product than other methods because it joins together the original pieces, so that the finish work is as strong as the original materials. And that is the welding career.
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Welders have many duties on the job. For example, studying sketches, blueprints and specifications. Welders also have to calculate dimensions that need to be welded, ignite torches or start power supplies, monitor the welding process to avoid overheating and also maintain equipment and machinery. Welders work in a variety of industries, from cars to steel beams for buildings. Arc welding, or also known as manual metal arc welding or stick welding, is when an electric current is used to strike an arc between the base material and a consumable electrode rod. In other words, it is the most common type of welding today and uses electrical currents to create heat and bond metals together. There are over 100 different ways that a person can use to weld sheets of metal together. The type of welding is usually determined by the types of metals sheets being joined and the circumstances the welding is
Welding is a trade that requires complex skills and training. It has been used since the dawn of the Egyptians and has evolved over the years into the complex art of modern times.