Mrs. Dursley feels hatred about Lily Potter because she is a wizard, not normal and is special. Mrs. Dursley is just a Muggle and when she knows that her sister is special and is more powerful she gets mad because she wants to me the most powerfulest. She also hates her because she is not normal Mrs. dursley doesn’t like things that are different and when Dudley grew a tail she freaked out cause it also wasn’t normal. She also hates her because Lily was more specialer than her and her parents treated Lily better and Mrs.Dursley likes attention and since Lily got more attention as a kid it made Mrs.Dursley hate her. That’s why I think Mrs.Dursley hates Lily.…
In a way, it seems as if Janie was always in competition with someone, whether it be with her grandmother, Logan, Joe, or Teacake. “Naw, Jody, jus’looks lak it keeps us in some way we ain’t natural wid one ‘nother. You’se always off talkin and fixin’ things, and Ah feels lak Ah’m jus’markin time. Hope it soon gits over” (Hurston 46). “But Nanny, Ah wants to want him sometimes. Ah don’t want him to do all de wantin’” (Hurston 23) . “But anyhow, watch yo’self, Janie, and don’t be taken advantage of. You know how dese young men is wid older women. Most of de time dey’s after whut dey kin git, then dey’s gone lak uh turkey through de corn” (Hurston 113). There was never any separation between the initial problem between Janie and the other characters and the motivation behind the problem. “One…
You done been spoilt rotten" (Hurston 26). Although he does not know Janie’s character and her home life, he automatically assumes that she is spoiled and would not be useful.…
In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie identifies with a pear tree and makes it her life quest to imitate the marvel that is the circle of life. Janie's life mimics the life cycle of the pear tree, in that the tree blossoms, dies, and revives with every season. At the beginning of her life, Janie is can be seen as not having roots, as she does not have a mother or father to take care of her, rather her grandmother, Nanny, cares for her. Nanny even says to Janie, "Us colored folks is branches without roots and that makes things come round in queer ways" (Hurston, 13). Each connection that Janie is involved in blooms and withers away like the symbol of the pear tree from her childhood.…
The last man who Janie falls in love with is Tea Cake and is the man who she developed the most commitment and intimacy towards. However, Tea Cake still did guarantee a secure relationship with Janie due to how he lacked what the Logan and Joe had which was material security. It is possible that Tea Cake could have achieved what Logan and Joe had but it is never fully shown due to his death. It is never known whether he would have treated Janie as a possession if he was given the opportunity to become wealthy which would have been the same case as Joe for Janie. However, if Tea Cake was able to maintain both components passion and companionship towards Janie if he was to become successful, then he would have been the most ideal type for Janie…
signifies to evade the realities of her life and the life of Janie. When Nanny…
Although Janie is dealing with a number of issues throughout the book, racism is not one of the things she struggles with. When Janie was very young and impressionable as people at that age tend to be, she was constantly around white people. Living among them for most of her youth, she was probably around them more than those who most resembled her. Since she had been around friendly people all her youth, she was not exposed to the harsh discrimination that went on beyond her and could hardly realize how drastic the race issues were. Because that family was her example of white society, and Nanny prevented her from seeing the other side of it, she was free to worry about other matters. While Janie was worried about securing a husband and being…
Furthermore, after her relationship with Logan, Joe makes his way into Janie’s life. In Janie’s eyes he is a step above Logan, personality wise. Besides, Janie thought that Joe can give change and chance for her as the pear tree symbolized. Immediately, Joe convinces Janie that he would be a guide into realizing what her dreams in life are. Eventually, Janie comes to show that Joe is not the right one for her based on his power as the mayor. For instance, he says "You ain't never knowed what it was to be treated lak a lady and Ah wants to be de one tuh show you." (page 29). It seems as though he believes that she is not worthy enough to speak or interact with others as well. Before Joe dies, Janie makes a rather cruel speech based off of her…
Janie is in love with the idea of falling in love and finding true love. She ignores the loveless arranged marriage expectations of society and goes on quest to find her own definition of love. During this time period it was commonplace to have arranged marriage that were only for the financial security of the woman, in exchange for obedience to her husband. Janie uses her voice and actions to find a new meaning to life. Janie sought freedom and equality and found it in her loving relationship with Tea Cake, by finding love and independence she broke the mold for women of the time.…
She would be quiet and not fight back. A quote from the book "Ah never married her for nothin' lak dat. she's uh woman and her place is in de home." Since Janie is a woman she was not allowed to say a speech. Everyone thought that she was not capable of saying motivational words to a group of people. All the sexism and restraints made Janie's emotions and dreams build up which soon burst out. As soon as Jody Janie's husband died, this made Janie want to follow her heart which was to find true love. Everyone saw Janie as a different person as she started to live her own life style. She decide to go with a man that her heart longed for. People in the town all thought she was not acting proper and marrying someone that did not have a high status was bad. Sexism made everyone consider woman to be lower superior and property of men. Overall sexism has molded Janie and the perception of people around her.…
Along with raising points about how Janie is dressed and has decided to style her hair, conjunctures are presented about the reason for these things. Because none of the women would speak directly toward Janie this way, the contrived sense of strength in numbers on the porch creates an environment that encourages this discourse. Despite the negative criticism hurled in Janie’s direction from the women and the lascivious glances of the men, Janie shifts the entire paradigm as she approaches: “They scrambled a noisy “good evenin’” and left their mouths setting open and their ears full of hope. Her speech was pleasant enough, but she kept walking straight on to her gate. The porch couldn’t talk for looking”…
Even though Janie loves Joe when he demands she put her hair up in a wrap it “irked her endlessly”(Hurston 55). The wrap was just another way that Joe can gain control over her and one of the most effective ways as well. Once that wrap is covering her hair, the one part of her body she so desperately loves, she can no longer be the independent woman she once was because Joe will not allow that to happen, as long as he is still alive then she will be his wife, nothing more. This is the last straw for Janie though, she becomes a completely different person, she rarely states her opinion and follows any rules given to her by Joe. When Joe smacks her for burning dinner all she does is stand there and stare, no reaction, nothing, because she is the shell of the women she used to be. It all began when Joe saw a man stroking the ends of Janie's hair causing the hot pit of jealousy in his stomach to flare up, so “That night he ordered Janie to tie up her hair around the store”(Hurston 55). He craves control and the only way in his mind to have this control is to crush any sort of independence Janie has. She is so focused on finding true love and happiness that she doesn't question his decision, she is afraid that she may never find the kind of love she wants, so she puts up with Joe thinking that it may never get better, but she thought wrong and lived with the consequences for almost twenty years. The minute Joe dies,she has the chance to regain her independence,so she does, by burning that atrocious head wrap that he made her wear for almost 20…
In “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, Zora creates a more dreamy relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter. Janie’s grandmother tells her “nothing can’t stop you from wishin’” (Hurston16). She believed in Janie, loved her and therefore let Janie know, she could be anyone she wanted to be.…
Maternal Great Grandmother (Mattie Triplett)has been told numerous times to stop feeding child, R’Mon Ware , by mouth due to the possibility of aspirating . Child has a G-Tube. Great Grandmother, Mattie Triplett constantly puts food in child’s mouth. Ms Triplett feeds him several solid meals a day against medical advice. Child is unable to sit up on his own, hold his head up on his own and is severely developmentally delayed. Ms Triplett has been told several times not to give R’Mon solid foods but tells medical staff that she knows what she is doing and has raised (X) number of children. Biological mother (Samantha Triplett) of R’mon has since had another child, a newborn, who is dropped off at the same Maternal Greatgrandmother’s…
4. What is the relationship between Janie’s silent voice and her cloistered hair? What happens to Janie after “she tore off [her] kerchief... and let down her plentiful hair” (Chapter 8)? How does her hair reflect her womanhood?…