Their Eyes Were Watching God 1

To follow up from class discussion today, take 15-20 minutes total to respond to each of the questions below this post.
-Don't post in a comment on this one. Post under each of the questions.
-You need to respond to at least one other person's post in your own. (The first person to post obviously doesn't.)
-Posts are due by midnight tonight.

Question 1: Do people have to be aware of their race, their sexual orientation, and/or their power in society to know themselves? Do you? Feel free to write about anything that came out of this discussion today.

Question 2

2. Why might developing sexuality lead to the beginning of a "conscious life" (10)? How do these developments of sexuality and a conscious life affect one's stance in the conflict between comfort/security and independence/freedom?