![]() ![]() For women, “the dream is the truth”-Hurston seems to be stating that their hopes and desires are woven into their immediate realities. Women, on the other hand, don’t think of dreams as far-away vessels they will never set foot on. ![]() Men view their dreams far away, and few are able to fulfill them (only “some” who are lucky to have them "come in with the tide”). In these opening lines, Hurston introduces a crucial idea that is carried throughout the novel: the metaphor of “ships at a distance” describes how reality is shaped differently for men and women. These are the first paragraphs of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember and remember everything they don’t want to forget. ![]() For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. ![]()
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