Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ there is a continuous comparison between Janie and mules. Throughout Janie’s life‚ she has been viewed as a domesticated animal and treated like one. The author uses a motif of a mule to show the roles that Janie played in each of her relationships and how despite her struggles‚ she is eventually able to break free of her mule status. Nanny is the first character who implanted the mule status on Janie. In Nanny’s opinion‚ white people will always rule the world and give
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My favorite literary character is Janie Johnson‚ from the book The Face on The Milk Carton. The authors used one type of craft that really stands out to me which is a flashback. The plot of the story is that Janie Johnson discovers at the school‚ she was kidnapped‚ took away from her loved ones. Janie didn’t find out from her “parents” she was kidnapped but by the picture behind a milk carton found in the school’s cafeteria. Long story short Janie wants answers so she sets out on an unforgetable
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dominate emotion encrypted in this chapter was friendship. Friendship was immediately introduced in the first chapter between Janie and Phoeby. Friendship is a bond between two or more organisms that can confide in each other. The body language displayed by Janie as she walked through the town‚ brought her a lot of attention upon her return to her hometown of Florida. Janie
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its beauty denotes the sexual nature of her being Syntax Structure/Organization Point of View Nanny sees Janie kissing JT Page 12 (“lacerating her Janie with a kiss…”) Nanny sees intimacy as an abuse‚ not as something pleasing. Tone Jody is insecure about hisselfJanie is scared after the funeral Ch.5(“ skeered some de…”) Ch.9 . Jody‚ in order to achieve complete control over Janie‚ must suppress this sexuality. Because he doesn’t want her to inspire lust in other men and is “skeered some
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All throughout Their Eyes were Watching God‚ the main character‚ Janie‚ seems to swoon over her third husband Tea Cake. She’s obsessed with the fact that he makes her feel worthy or even smart unlike her other husbands‚ Joe and Logan. He actually takes the time to teach her how to play checkers‚ something she was never allowed to do. Vergible “Tea Cake” Woods also makes Janie young and spontaneous. Their adventure filled relationship make her glow inside. To the sudden night fishing trip‚ to romantic
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man who limited Janie’s freedom and treated her like a caged bird with broken wings but Tea Cake was the man who taught that bird to fly again. A woman’s hair is her confidence and strength. Jody decided to take that confidence and power away from Janie by commanding her to cover her hair in public. He snatched her freedom away and became an anchor to her journey in finding love and freedom. After the death of Jody‚ Janie’s first priority was to take off the kerchief from her head‚ “ The weight‚ the
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Throughout Janie’s life‚ she faced numerous struggles as she searched for unconditional‚ true‚ and fulfilling love. Janie seeks an intimate relationship with somebody that lives up to her idea of true love‚ like that between a bee and a blossom on the pear tree that as child she witnessed while she was sitting under in her grandmother’s backyard. Through the course of this journey‚ Janie then gains independence‚ which makes her the protagonist of this novel. The first time the pear tree is mentioned
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but environmental ones seem to have the greatest impact on a person’s development. Throughout our lives the people we come in contact with will‚ in one way or another‚ influence who we become. In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston Janie develops as a woman through her three marriages. In the course of each of those marriages she learns valuable lessons and experiences progressively healthier relationships. Janie’s marriages to Logan Killicks‚ Jody Starks‚ and Tea Cake are the key
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regarding to sexism that Janie had to go through. These events are what shape jaines personality. I will discuss about my art work‚ quotes and how sexism affected the perception of identity of people in the book. The picture I drew was Janie in a bird cage with a mans arm holding it up‚ around her are eyes watching. Janie in a bird cage represents Jaine being trapped and controlled. She is not allowed to strive for the freedom and lifestyle that she wants. Since Janie is a woman she did not have
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she displays to keep her daughter‚ Janie‚ in the dark about her true origin. Mrs. Johnson may not work as a full time manager‚ but she can certainly be resourceful in specific situations. After Janie spies an extremely familiar-looking little girl on a milk carton picture for the missing children ads‚ she becomes curious about her own life. The carton said the little girl went missing‚ and had been taken “from a shopping center in New Jersey at age three.” Janie
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