the book‚ Pheobe envies Janie for the life she has led‚ even though it was filled with heartache. Pheobe‚ on the other hand‚ remained safe and within the acceptable standards of society‚ but wasn’t happy with her decision. While the other women may have ridiculed Janie for her decision originally‚ they seem to regret not living their lives the same way. One part that especially troubled me was when Tea Cake beat Janie. I felt like that was uncalled for‚ and I disagreed
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life but their appearance is strikingly similar to someone you see every day? Well that’s how reading The Color Purple was after reading Their Eyes Were Watching God. Both novels are extremely in almost all facets of writing. The way both Celie and Janie develop and mature throughout the novel and the author’s craft used in the book are closely related. However as with that random person there is always something distinctive about them that separates them from the original. When it comes to the novels
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alienation of characters in the summer reading of The Great Gatsby‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ and The Grapes of Wrath. For some characters‚ love is a moral value right from the start. Zora Neale Hurston introduces us to Janie in her book‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie is a young‚ vibrant African American living with her grandmother. She marks the beginning of her need to feel loved and wanted early on in chapter 2 as she gazes upon a pear tree. “She was stretched on her back beneath the
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represents and what effect it has on Janie in the years she is married to the man who leads the building of the store and then through the transition to her meeting the man she eventually marries; Vergible Woods‚ more commonly known as Tea Cake. The way I interpreted the author’s use of the store as well as why she decided to add this element to the story and make it a major part of the town was to add another dimension to the way the
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Tompkins describes the novel as being ‚”...shining with humor”(Tompkins.) Is quite astonishing since the climax of the novel is the death of Tea Cake but not out of the ordinary because Janie was the person who killed him. Janie‚ the woman who was taught by Tea Cake how to shoot a gun .It’s told to the readers that Janie‚”... got to be a better shooter than Tea Cake” (Hurston.) Meaning that she has out mastered her teacher. The thought of the teacher being killed by the student is ironic since Tea Cake
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back from succeeding in life and achieving happiness. Resentment ends only when a person can completely forgive those they feel have wronged them. Resentment greatly affected the plot as well as the character development in the novel. In this novel Janie is the person that harbors the most resentment towards a lot of other characters. The character she has the most resent me towards would be Nanny. The extent of Janie’s resentment towards Nanny is recognized after Jody’s funeral. “She hated her grandmother
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the racial ties that would affect Janie all the way through this life long search. Janie’s search for identity actually started long before she was born. Because Janie’s search is her family’s search. Nanny and Janie’s mom gave Janie a reason to search. They were always held back by their owners‚ and their owners took advantage of them‚ and raped them. They raped them of their identity. Nanny signifies to evade the realities of her life and the life of Janie. When Nanny says‚ "Thank yuh‚ Massa
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the community should be minimal‚ therefore allowing the people to control themselves. A failing community is one that needs a leader‚ however‚ when the community works together‚ the citizens can lead as a whole. Janie‚ the main character of Their
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metaphor presented in the novel‚ for it had many effects. Janie often stared toward the horizon in search of hope and justification. Her horizon changed continuously as she set out for something bigger. One example was when Janie referred to the horizon while she was discussing her life with Phoebe. She stated‚ “Ah done been tuh de horizon and back and now Ah kin set heah in mah house and live by comparisons” (191). In this quote‚ Janie was referring to her life
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from their experience and grow through it. The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God has a character that could be described as a hero. The main character‚ Janie‚ is a hero because she has extraordinary physical qualities as well as virtues‚ she has character flaws that lead to her downfall‚ and she manages to make her fall have some value. Janie is a hero because she has physical features and a high status in the society that the average person does not have. She is three-quarters white and therefore
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