Their Eyes Were Watching God Pear Tree Analysis
The Significance of a Pear Tree
The theme of the novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, is the search real love and finding a new form of independence. Throughout Janie’s life, she faced numerous struggles as she searched for unconditional, true, and fulfilling love. Janie seeks an intimate relationship with somebody that lives up to her idea of true love, like that between a bee and a blossom on the pear tree that as child she witnessed while she was sitting under in her grandmother’s backyard. Through the course of this journey, Janie then gains independence, which makes her the protagonist of this novel.
The first time the pear tree is mentioned in the novel is back in her childhood. She was 16 years old living with her Nanny, just a young teen trying to find herself, and as she grows she slowly tunes into her sexuality and broadens her understanding of a marriage. “She was stretched on her back beneath the pear …show more content…
Though she is skeptical of it being true, Nanny and others have her convinced that it may be a possibility, so she believes that it must be true. But she doesn’t want to be alone for her whole life so she decides to walk out on faith and hope for the best. “Yes she would love Logan after they were married. She could see no way for it to come about, but Nanny and the old folks had said it, so it must be so. Husbands and wives always loved each other, and that’s what marriage meant. It was just so. Janie felt glad of the thought, for then it would seem so destructive and moldy. She wouldn’t be lonely anymore.”
In conclusion, the pear tree had a lot of impact on Janie’s decisions on who she would marry. She had had to kiss a lot of frogs before she could finally find her voice and independence. Her drive to find true love kept her going where others would’ve given up, which is not only inspirational, but also makes her a heroine in the
The theme of the novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, is the search real love and finding a new form of independence. Throughout Janie’s life, she faced numerous struggles as she searched for unconditional, true, and fulfilling love. Janie seeks an intimate relationship with somebody that lives up to her idea of true love, like that between a bee and a blossom on the pear tree that as child she witnessed while she was sitting under in her grandmother’s backyard. Through the course of this journey, Janie then gains independence, which makes her the protagonist of this novel.
The first time the pear tree is mentioned in the novel is back in her childhood. She was 16 years old living with her Nanny, just a young teen trying to find herself, and as she grows she slowly tunes into her sexuality and broadens her understanding of a marriage. “She was stretched on her back beneath the pear …show more content…
Though she is skeptical of it being true, Nanny and others have her convinced that it may be a possibility, so she believes that it must be true. But she doesn’t want to be alone for her whole life so she decides to walk out on faith and hope for the best. “Yes she would love Logan after they were married. She could see no way for it to come about, but Nanny and the old folks had said it, so it must be so. Husbands and wives always loved each other, and that’s what marriage meant. It was just so. Janie felt glad of the thought, for then it would seem so destructive and moldy. She wouldn’t be lonely anymore.”
In conclusion, the pear tree had a lot of impact on Janie’s decisions on who she would marry. She had had to kiss a lot of frogs before she could finally find her voice and independence. Her drive to find true love kept her going where others would’ve given up, which is not only inspirational, but also makes her a heroine in the