"There are years that ask questions and years that answer. Janie had no chance to know things so she had to ask. Did marriage end the cosmic loneliness of the unmated? Did marriage compel love like the sun the day?"
The following is a quote. Hopefully you can explain it. Thanks.
2007-08-27 16:54:39 · 6 answers · asked by Tiffany 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
This is how I interpretated it.
Like some others, Janie is worried about the present while fearful about the future. Things would be better if people can let go and learn to just live life and go with the flow. This way there are no regrets looking bad at the past and feeling like one was missing out on life. Reality is that we only get to live life once, so we should make it count. Time spent in desperation is time wasted and not only that—it could lead to unwise choices. Then harsh reality hits, and all one sees is that things had failed one—and one’s dream is dead.
I also wanted to talk about wisdom through experience and time versus youth and clouded vision, but I did not know how to exactly put all that in words--and I thought that maybe someone you know.
Thanks.
2007-08-27 19:25:02 · update #1
There are years that ask question and years that answer. This is the duality of experience , we spend our youth experiencing things and our adulthood knowing these things, but this could also be the nature of regret through time, as we wonder what if X or Y , as we get older, whereas we do not do this when we are younger. So it's fair to say that we are always questioning. sometimes in question of what could be and other times in what could have been.
She asks the question of marriage, does the state of being married end the loniness of earlier life, only those who've been married and were not in a loving relationship know that answer in the way that some people can. We can ask , we can be told, we can have the experience explained to us at length ad nausea but we cannot really know without experiencing it.
So while I've explained it to you , I'm not really sure if that explains it to you.
2007-08-27 18:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by Mark T 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd probably have to see this quote in context but I'll give it a shot.
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer" - This is clearly saying that there are some things that only experience can answer. Perhaps the "years that ask questions" are those of her childhood, or teenage years, growing up with curiosity.
The next sentence indicates that Janie is unmarried and/or unexperienced.
The third sentence is pretty clear.
The last sentence is interesting. It seems to me that Janie wants to know if marriage can lead to strong love, rather than the usual (at least in our culture) of love then marriage.
I could be way off track, but hopefully this helps. Now where's my penny?
2007-08-27 17:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by Caedmon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The further penny is curiosity. You might additionally seem at it as cost. "A penny stored is a penny earned." Of the 2 cents, just a penny is wanted for the notion. So, each individuals earn a living.
2016-09-05 16:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like someones(fictional-bookish) quotation.
id have asked the english liturature sectionif they thought
it any good;presume you have done that,though.
Janie is an average name;if she was a male she'd have
been a soccer player,because they all put ie on the end of
their names-ita a group,camarderie typr of thing(watch out
if you are in such a group and they dont do it!).
2007-08-27 17:04:09 · answer #4 · answered by peter m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My thought is not worth a penny!!
2007-08-27 17:00:57 · answer #5 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can I have $5.00 change if I answer?
2007-08-27 17:03:09 · answer #6 · answered by ToolManJobber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋