Their Eyes Were Watching God Rhetorical Analysis
Rebollo Page 1 One of the most beautiful things we can find in the world is nature. Nature is something that is naturally beautiful. When a writer is able to use nature as metaphor various times throughout a book, it really creates a pleasant understanding of what the writer is trying to say. In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, there are many metaphors about nature to the protagonist’s life. The leading protagonist in this book is Janie Crawford. The book covers most of Janie’s adulthood and perfectly describes it using nature as a metaphor. Hurston made Janie’s life comparable to that of a great tree.(25) And within that tree the leaves signified if she suffered, she enjoyed , or basically how that part of her life
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(91) Janie said she wasn’t petal open with Jody anymore. What this means is that she didn’t have the same feelings for him as she did before. This well executed use as nature as a metaphor best explains on how one can understand it. We can even say that the problems that she was having with Jody was like winter to Janie because the tree was dying out and had lost its leaves. Winter is also portrayed to be cold and unwanted. Just like her marriage with Jody at that time. (120) Hurston relates the amber fluid drenching the earth and quenching the thirst of the day to Janie’s meeting of Tea Cake. She finally got what she was looking for. It was a great start and the chemistry between Janie and Tea Cake is the amber fluid while the earth is Janie’s heart as it is finally getting what it wants, therefore quenching its thirst. (127) Janie feels that Tea Cake is the bee to her blossom, specifically the pear tree blossom in the spring. This signifies a new season for Janie or maybe a new time frame in her life. Spring is thought of as to be warm, upbeat, and very welcoming. From this we can see how happy she is starting to become and that it’s just the start of it. Spring is the day as winter is the night. One particular part of nature that comes out in the book is that of a horizon. It was mentioned and lightly touched upon on the very first page of chapter 1. This horizon is something that never ends and something that can’t be fully explored. (110) Janie talks about
(91) Janie said she wasn’t petal open with Jody anymore. What this means is that she didn’t have the same feelings for him as she did before. This well executed use as nature as a metaphor best explains on how one can understand it. We can even say that the problems that she was having with Jody was like winter to Janie because the tree was dying out and had lost its leaves. Winter is also portrayed to be cold and unwanted. Just like her marriage with Jody at that time. (120) Hurston relates the amber fluid drenching the earth and quenching the thirst of the day to Janie’s meeting of Tea Cake. She finally got what she was looking for. It was a great start and the chemistry between Janie and Tea Cake is the amber fluid while the earth is Janie’s heart as it is finally getting what it wants, therefore quenching its thirst. (127) Janie feels that Tea Cake is the bee to her blossom, specifically the pear tree blossom in the spring. This signifies a new season for Janie or maybe a new time frame in her life. Spring is thought of as to be warm, upbeat, and very welcoming. From this we can see how happy she is starting to become and that it’s just the start of it. Spring is the day as winter is the night. One particular part of nature that comes out in the book is that of a horizon. It was mentioned and lightly touched upon on the very first page of chapter 1. This horizon is something that never ends and something that can’t be fully explored. (110) Janie talks about