8 Essential Elements/Their Eyes Were Watching God

In class on Tuesday when we got into groups to work on the 8 Essential Elements activity, our group had the character of Jody.  While our group was able to come with an event from the book for each of the 8 categories, finding or coming up with something for every category wasn't always the easiest.  It just showed that while a book may have those essentials in them for a relationship between two characters, that those events may not be so easy to come up with because it isn't always so black and white when it comes to love.  It also showed that not every category will present itself in a way that may be expected.  I wonder how many people could say that their own relationships would fit so easily into these 8 Essential Elements.  I think in this case, art doesn't always represent real life and maybe that isn't a bad idea.