discusses the voice of the character Janie Stark. Janie Stark is the main character of the story‚ and the story line basically depicts Janie relating the story of her life to her best friend. In her lifetime‚ Janie had been married three times and with each time she gained more clarity regarding the goals she wished to accomplish in life. The author then goes on to explain the differences in her three husbands because they all had unique characteristics that led Janie to either love or despise them. Her
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Hurston is a story of how Janie‚ the protagonist‚ achieves a strong sense of self along with her independence. In order for Janie to be where she is by the end of the novel she embarks on a long journey to find what she really wants in life. That journey is both literal and figurative. Janie literally travels and sees different parts of the world but at the same time going on within her is a journey to find herself. The novel begins in an unspecified town down south. Janie is a young girl at the
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describes and reference to some religious events and symbolism. The way that Janie overcame some situation that she encountered is because of her spiritual connection. Some events that she been through‚ can be compared to some events that took place in the Bible such as “judgement day‚” “spending time with nature.’’ These are two examples that can be relatable to the Bible. However‚ there are many more examples in the novel. Janie and Jesus both had their trials and tributions. One event they both were
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accept me. If I did not first accept myself‚ why should others accept me? In Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Janie strives to find happiness by living her life the way others want her to live it‚ but she misses the most important factor‚ so she is never truly happy. Janie feels empty‚ and constantly strives to find a way to fill that void. Towards the end of the novel‚ however‚ Janie realizes the key to her happiness is being able to make her own decisions based on her values. In order to find
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1. Janie is walking back into her old town and talks to Pheoby about Tea Cake 2. Who is Tea Cake? 3. Does the pollen represent *cough cough* something else? 4. Why does Nanny freak out about the kiss? It’s just a kiss. 5. Poor Janie‚ having to get married to Logan Killicks. I wouldn’t do it even if my life depended on it. 6. Janie compares her life with nature 7. She marries Logan in hope of love after the marriage 8. She falls for men real easily. That’s going to come back to her negatively
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Where Watching God. Janie’s three marriages helped her find herself and God. Janie spent most her life living it the way her grandmother would want her to‚ and loving the way her grandmother wanted her to. Janie’s grandmother believed love was all about money‚ property and a status; she pretty much wanted Janie to be with a black man‚ who had everything a white man had to offer‚ she wanted Janie to have the best. Janie didn’t like her grandmother ideas of life and love but did it for her in her
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The the novel "Their eyes are watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. Janie was the main character. She was so simlar to Jane from "Jane Erye" by Charlotte Bronte. They both did what they believed that they should do no matter what it takes. They were both brought up in a society that emphasis on the idea of men are more superior women. They set a foil to that kind of society by not following that idea. The two novels are not the story of their quest for a partner but rather that of their quest
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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 had been summoned to behold a revelation. Then Janie felt a pain remorseless sweet that left her limp and languid (11).” This is Janie’s idea of marriage
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with a marxist lens would analyze the same situation completely different. When the main character Janie moved to Eatonville with her new found husband‚ Joe Starks‚ he became the mayor‚ making Janie the first lady. On the night of recognition when everyone celebrated Joe’s accomplishment‚ Janie was asked to give a speech. Instead of Janie turning down the offer‚ Joe turned it down before Janie had the chance. A feminist would see this action as Joe speaking for his wife because she’s not strong
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their role in the world comparing them to the character Janie in relation to her marriages. Hurston writes about Janie marrying three men‚ but the only two relationships where Janie encounters a mule and a mule is being mentioned are in her first two marriages. Hurston writes about Janie first marrying Logan Killicks. Hurston writes that Logan is a
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