A Streetcar Named Desire

I found this reading to be very uninteresting and boring. Nothing really happened. Blanch comes to visit her sister Stella. Stella's husband is messed up in the head. When he's drunk he hits Stella in front of everybody. I think that that's pretty messed up. Also we find out that Stella is having a baby.
Blanche tells Stella that her husband is an animal for hitting her. Stella tells her husband that if he hits her again she will call the cops. During the story Blanche flirts with a lot of guys. One is Jim who plays cards with the guys. She also flirts with a young man who comes to the door. I guess that's part of her character. A quote from the story is, "Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Prince out of the Arabian nights?" I think this is very weird what she says. She also kisses him. That's weird to just kiss a person you don't know.
I really found the reading to be very boring and waste of time.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

It starts off that the girl lives with her grandma in the south. Everything is going fine until the Grandma makes the decision that her granddaughter will get married. I don't why why she makes that decision at such a young age. She has plenty more years to get married and she could've waited longer in my opinion. The gets married to this guy named Logan who makes her do a lot of work around the house which she doesn't like and tells him that to his face. She just wants to stay home and be an in house wife. This man comes along one day named Joe Starks and he tells her that he would be the best husband for her. She decides to leave Logan and go with this guy. This is a big mistake because he turns out to be just as bad. Joe Starks is the mayor of the town and runs everything. He doesn't allow his wife to speak at an open public speech he gives. The town says that they want to hear what his wife has to say and he doesn't let her. A quote from the novel is,"Thank you fuh yo' compliments, but my wife don't know nothin' 'bout no speech makin'. I never married her for notin' like dat. She's a woman and her place is de home." It seems like Joe is very degrading to woman. It annoys me that he just wants all the glory and his wife can't take any of the power. Then Joe tells her that he wants her to work in the store while he's being mayor putting her to work. It's very weird how he contradicts himself. He says that he wants her to be an at home wife then puts her to work in the store.
In the end Janie is not happy with her life and speaks her mind to Joe. She says she's not enjoying being his trophy wife.