farmer named Logan Killicks. Nanny wants a good life for Janie feels with his wealth he could give Janie a stable secure life. Nanny feared that if Janie didn’t marry Logan she would end up like Janie’s mother‚ Leafy‚ which was raped by her teacher and ran off. Nanny wanted to live to know that Janie would be ok once she passes away. Janie decides to marry Logan after she hears stories Nanny tells her about what her life was like years ago. Janie then finds her marriage to be lonely and disappointing
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freedom by Janie continued a series of relationships with different men. Janie’s adventures began with a kiss with Johnny Taylor‚ opening her eyes to the possibility of womanhood. Soonly after her grandmother married her off to Logan Killicks‚ leading her to run away with Jody Starks and finally‚ Tea Cake. The men in this novel seem to expect her to be obedient‚ silent and proper‚ they see Janie as defined by her relationship with them. The novel’s plot is driven by girl named Janie who tries finding
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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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want to have to do anything. In Janie’s case she just wants someone who wants to love her just as she wants to love them. And out of her three husbands Logan and Joe both may have wealth and the will to be able to provide for Janie‚ but they didn’t have the qualities that Janie was looking for in a man.. She’s looking for someone to treat her as her equal‚ and who also posses the qualities of a hardworking man that would do anything and provide whatever he can for her. The man who bares these qualities
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the way Janie loved her husbands while she was married to them‚ as well as how she fell out of love with them. First of all‚ the poem shows how Janie felt about Jody after a while into their marriage with the line‚ “Love vanished like an amateur magician‚ everyone could see the trapdoor but me” (Kay‚ Kaye). I think this relates to when Janie began to fall out of love with Jody‚ but instead of happening abruptly like in the poem‚ it happened to Janie over time. I think it also shows how Janie thought
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Janie is a blossoming flower coming into the intense world of womanhood. Even though she is physically a woman‚ her emotional needs are not fully completed until the very end of the book. She had pests who tried to poison her roots and trim her stems and pick the flower that is Janie. In the book‚ Janie is constantly looking for the bee that will make her flower bloom. There are three main themes of the natural world that present themselves in this book: A pear tree‚ the horizon‚ and the hurricane
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young woman named Janie Starks‚ whom she was raised by her grandmother‚ Nanny. Nanny was something more to Janie because‚ she was never around her parents. When‚ Janie started to grow older‚ her grandmother caught her kissing a local boy so‚ Nanny decides to marry Janie off to Logan who is a wealthy middle-aged farmer. She wants Janie to be in a secure situation‚ unlike her who was born into slavery‚ was raped by her master and landed in badly marriages. Nanny doesn’t want Janie to grow like a “ Mule”
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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 by her grandmother
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Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ written by Zora Neale Hurston. This novel consists of a young woman named Janie and her problematic odyssey through three unique marital relationships. Although each relationship varies greatly from each of the others‚ one thing remains identical: defense mechanisms are evident through their attempts to cope in the flawed relationships. After all‚ the only viable way Janie‚ the wife‚ Joe‚ the second husband‚ and Tea Cake‚ the final husband‚ can adequately cope with these
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Hurston weaves many powerful symbols into her acclaimed novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hurston’s use of symbols enhances the reader’s understanding of the trials and tribulations along the road of self discovery for the story’s main character‚ Janie. Of the many symbols used throughout the novel‚ one in particular - Janie’s hair - is subtle yet striking as it gives us insight into Janie’s perceived social status‚ oppression‚ self identity‚ and her eventual independence through her self identity
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