a lot to them‚ they might just have to lose everything else they have. In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ this quote rings true. Hurston shows that by using symbolism and a bit of irony throughout the story. As a young woman‚ Janie wanted love‚ true love. In the beginning of the novel and Janie ’s journey‚ she is under a blossoming pear tree where she spends most of her days. She is watching the bees fly to the blossoms‚ when she has an epiphany. “So this was a marriage! She
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In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ Janie‚ the heroine‚ represents some aspects of feminism when she takes it upon herself to become liberated from each of her three domineering romantic relationships. Janie’s first husband‚ Logan Killicks‚ treats Janie as more of a prized possession to be obtained than as a wife or companion. For example‚ Logan goes to Lake City to buy a second mule that Janie can plow behind in the potato field because potatoes are “bringin’ big
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In 1937‚ Zora Neale Hurston‚ author of Their Eyes Were Watching God writes about an African American woman named Janie Crawford who is in search of her inner self. While maturing‚ she develops more sexual desires which led to her three marriages. In The Kiss of Memory‚ Tracy L. Bealer talks about how love can be so many things and can be a struggle for Janie from her three very different marriages. Developing sexual desires made Nanny realize that a new life should be put ahead of Janie. Nanny then
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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
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Every person has ideas and opinions‚ and to communicate these thoughts‚ he uses his voice. Sometimes a person’s voice is encouraged and respected‚ but other times his voice is restricted or silenced. In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Neale Hurston demonstrates that different factors can affect a person’s decision to use his voice by depicting the relationships Janie Crawford experiences. Janie’s caretaker as she grows up is Nanny‚ her grandmother who believes she knows what is best for Janie
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In Hurston’s literary work‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ she employs the use of southern dialect in her characters dialogue. Hurston uses the dialect to convey the personality of her characters while adding to the feeling of a story that is being told. The dialect helps the reader feel like the novel has come to life before them and they mentally attribute different surrounding backgrounds to Hurston’s characters‚ while taking in the meanings and significance behind Janie’s life story of love and
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act of haughty disdain. They’re Eyes Were Watching God takes place just after the civil war during a patriarchal and misogynistic time period; this explains why Joe feels that he can
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Film Viewing Questions 1: Close-Ups By utilizing a close-up shot of Janie‚ the filmmakers sought to signify the closest (most recent) part of Janie’s life that the audience would be able to experience. Furthermore‚ the contrast between the staggering‚ worn out state of Janie and the established and sleek sign marking the entrance suggests a contrast in the various stages in Janie’s life- the climb and descent that her life took in regards to the economic ladder. However
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Zora Neale Hurston‚ a woman of moving‚ “anthropological and folkloric field work” had taken the underground literature world by storm with her 1937 work of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” ‚ a moving piece of magical work for the life of the oppressed woman. With references to her own life such as Eatonville and the multiple marriages‚ I began to see how though there are traits of a non- feminist novel it does have the correct tones of feminism. Being as though the novel was written in the 20th century
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In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the tree symbolises Janie’s ideal future and how she pictures her future relationships with Logan Killlicks‚ Jody Starks‚ and Tea Cake. First‚ Janie realizes Logan Killicks is not her ideal pear tree. In addition‚ Janie also realizes the same about Jody starks. Lastly‚ Janie finally found her pear tree but is it too late. Opponents would argue the symbolism would be Janie’s hair because her hair represents independence‚ but once she got to the
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