Janie and Jody‚ Conflict and Freedom: Their Eyes Were Watching God In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the protagonist‚ Janie‚ and her husband for a respectable portion of her life‚ Jody Starks‚ seek courtship for entirely different reasons. Janie pursues sexual and emotional fulfillment as she journeys to the horizon and to a place of limitless possibility‚ while the male domineering Jody Starks seeks only after power‚ control‚ and a good place in society
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However‚ occasionally an author would strategically place language and poetic devices in a work making it a glorious and enticing piece to read. Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God is a novel that does such action‚ mixing both language and poetic devices to convey a mood and message. Their Eyes Were Watching God tells the story of an African-American woman name Janie living in the South during the 1900’s. The story spans over her life time starting from her youth days when she was raised
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IT WAS A STRANGE THING‚ but shortly after his mother died‚ David remembered experiencing a sense almost of relief. There was no other word for it‚ and it made David feel bad about himself. His mother was gone‚ and she was never coming back. It didn’t matter what the priest said in his sermon: that David’s mother was now in a better‚ happier place‚ and her pain was at an end. It didn’t help when he told David that his mother would always be with him‚ even if he couldn’t see her. An unseen mother couldn’t
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her use of literary elements such as symbolism‚ motifs and imagery. One of Hurston’s most celebrated novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ in which she uses many examples of symbolism such as the mule‚ Janie’s hair‚ and the pear tree to illustrate to the readers the many trials of which her characters overcome. Zora Neale Hurston utilizes symbolism in Their Eyes Were Watching God to portray Janie Crawford as a character who realizes that‚ through hard work and perseverance‚ one may find out who
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desire to be better than every other country‚ even if the consequences are unknown. Americans believe our way of living has put the country above the rest‚ for our advancements are much greater than the rest. Barbara Kingsolver in “A Fist in the Eye of God‚” explores the theory that America wants
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Janie went through three relationships to achieve her dream of being in love. Over the course of those relationships‚ Janie discovers a sense of her identity. The novel is framed and begins with Janie all alone telling her story to her friend Phoeby. At the beginning of her life she was unsure of who she was and what she wanted but at the end of the novel Janie’s is a proud independent woman. Throughout the novel‚ Janie was submissive but her optimism of eventually having a good relationship and
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ago has similar plot structures and themes of modern literature? These recurring ideologies are not pure coincidences; they have symbolic meaning and have been traced to the depths of unconsciousness‚ having been recently categorized into archetypes. Archetypes are a development of psychologist‚ Carl Jung‚ referring to a pattern of character types‚ images‚ descriptive details‚ and situations that find their way from our minds‚ to our literature‚ and to our lives. This idea of predisposed mental
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Characters A. The Hero – Lord Raglan in The Hero: A Study in Tradition‚ Myth‚ and Drama contends that this archetype is so well defined that the life of the protagonist can be clearly divided into a series of well-marked adventures‚ which strongly suggest a ritualistic pattern. Raglan finds that traditionally the hero’s mother is a virgin‚ the circumstances of his conception are unusual‚ and at birth some attempt is made to kill him. He is‚ however‚ spirited away and reared by foster parents
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Exploring Archetypes in Short Stories Archetypes are recurring symbols‚ characters‚ landscapes‚ or events found in myths and literature across different cultures and eras that help us organize events into categories. There are three main types of archetypes which include situational‚ character‚ and symbolic. All three are easily relatable to. Firstly‚ an example of a unhealable wound in a situational archetype can be found with Mrs. Maloney in “Lamb to the Slaughter.” An example of a scapegoat
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Two works of African American women’s literature are Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and‚ Maya Angelou’s‚ "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” Both stories give example to an oppressed character and the difficulties of their lives. Through description of character‚ language and their surroundings they tell that adventure. As well as these two works‚ “What to a Slave is the fourth of July‚” also shares a special connection to the literary works. These connections include the story
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