Janie Crawford's Their Eyes Were Watching God
“Their Eyes Were Watching God “is a story about Janie Crawford. A girl of mixed black and white heritage around the time of slavery. The story revolves around Janie’s relationships with other people. Janie’s search for spiritual enlightenment and a strong sense of her own identity.
This isn’t easy when the time you live in only knows you as either black or white.
We also look for a sense of identity in our own lives. Do the use of symbols in the story help paint us a picture of what Janie was going through?
As she looks to the “Horizon” as hope for her future to escape her past. Janie grew up with her grandmother in Eatonville, Florida.
She wants Janie to get married to someone who can provide security and social status for her. She had married three men Logan Killicks, Jody Starks and Tea Cake. The relationship with the three men make Janie as tuff as she pretends to be. …show more content…
The reason why is because when she first kisses “Tea Cake “she “feels” for the first time in many years. Janie gets her voice back.
In the book and also movie by the same title "Their Eyes Were Watching God "Janie says,” she is where she wants to be. “Which means she has found real love. However, much like life and nature that can all change in a blink of a eye. They both had each other and that was good enough for them. No storm can take away what they have. The hurricane turned out to be an end to what was Janie's peace. Tea Cake got bitten by a dog with rabies. During the hurricane they questioned whether or not if God was going to kill them.
From what I’ve learned from (page 160)_ in the book .They said, "They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God."
This phrase is the namesake for the book. As Tea Cakes sickness begins to change him, he pulls out the gun which only has 1 bullet and three clicks come and go Janie realizes Tea Cake is no longer Tea Cake and she shoots him with a
This isn’t easy when the time you live in only knows you as either black or white.
We also look for a sense of identity in our own lives. Do the use of symbols in the story help paint us a picture of what Janie was going through?
As she looks to the “Horizon” as hope for her future to escape her past. Janie grew up with her grandmother in Eatonville, Florida.
She wants Janie to get married to someone who can provide security and social status for her. She had married three men Logan Killicks, Jody Starks and Tea Cake. The relationship with the three men make Janie as tuff as she pretends to be. …show more content…
The reason why is because when she first kisses “Tea Cake “she “feels” for the first time in many years. Janie gets her voice back.
In the book and also movie by the same title "Their Eyes Were Watching God "Janie says,” she is where she wants to be. “Which means she has found real love. However, much like life and nature that can all change in a blink of a eye. They both had each other and that was good enough for them. No storm can take away what they have. The hurricane turned out to be an end to what was Janie's peace. Tea Cake got bitten by a dog with rabies. During the hurricane they questioned whether or not if God was going to kill them.
From what I’ve learned from (page 160)_ in the book .They said, "They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God."
This phrase is the namesake for the book. As Tea Cakes sickness begins to change him, he pulls out the gun which only has 1 bullet and three clicks come and go Janie realizes Tea Cake is no longer Tea Cake and she shoots him with a