the whites‚ whose racist assumptions make the black people feel like senseless “conveniences” for them to use. The way the black people are treated effects how they treat others- even those from their own race and community. As a result‚ they judge Janie‚ who is the protagonist of the novel. They are envious of her socio-economic status and question “Why she don’t stay in her class?”(16). Hurston’s dialogue demonstrates the dangers of being judged and as well as judging. When judgments are based on
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Throughout the novel she is faced by constant challenges. First she gets married to a man selected by her grandmother. She is imprisoned in a marriage in which she does exactly what her husband Logan wants her to do. It is totally the opposite of what Janie wants. Next she marries a man who does not treat her any differently. The real reason for her not be happy in her married life are her independent nature. She is not like others‚ wanting to do what society wants them to
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itself. The book begins in a unique way‚ we read about the moment when Janie returns back to Eatonville‚ Florida. Onlookers watch as she enters the town and she can hear the whispers and judgment of the town’s people trailing behind her as she walks down the main road. We are first introduced
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and tells her what to wear “You oughta throw somethin’ over yo’ shoulders befo’ you go outside. You ain’t no young pullet no mo’. You’se uh ole hen now”(91-92). Janie feels a lack of freedom once again. She becomes scared of him “But Ah hates disagreement and confusion‚ so Ah better not talk. It makes it hard tuh git along” (p. 67). Janie had to start changing her priorities‚ dreams‚ and just what she wanted from Starks in general just so an argument did happen (Frantrele). Eventually‚ she falls out
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shown that‚ the people with whom Janie lived with tried to restrict her to a stereotypical role. Janie was able to free herself from these accepted roles and create her very own ideas of herself‚ others and the world. The protagonist‚ Janie‚ is jettisoning the materialistic desires of Nanny‚ Logan and Jody. Then she runs away with her love‚ Tea Cake; and falls into the predicament of an impending hurricane. As the rising action continues it hits a climax point where Janie has some conflict with Tea Cake
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In Their Eyes Are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ Janie struggles to break from the confines of Joes‚ her husband‚ control. Hurston’s purpose of using the two symbols Janie’s hair and head wrap is to prove that everyone seeks independence and when it’s taken away‚ a person will lose a part of themselves along with it. Janie’s independence is shown through the symbolism of her hair. She starts to lose her voice when
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discrimination in one’s own community that prevents people from coming together when they have to face a grander problem that forces them to do so. When connecting this to the theme of the book‚ I can relate this to Janie’s concept of a dream. All Janie wants is to find someone that she truly
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Jody Starks - Jody’s character is opposite that of Tea Cake. He is cruel‚ conceited‚ and uninterested in Janie as a person. But his cruelty is not a result of any specific animosity toward Janie; rather‚ it is a reflection of the values that he holds and the way that he understands his relationship to the world. Jody depends on the exertion of power for his sense of himself; he is only happy and secure when he feels that he holds power over those around him. In Janie’s words‚ he needs to "have [his]
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writing to a formal kind of writing using it back and forth to develop the tone towards characters. Hurston develops the theme of the pursuit of dreams and finding oneself through the use of imagery‚ symbols and diction. The protagonist of this is book Janie who views life as a journey that she’s yet to complete is constantly in a battle of finding the true meaning of happiness through finding true love and trying to make it to the “horizon”. Throughout the book Hurston uses nature to describe her main
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his bad behavior when she compares him to a Bear: “Logan with his shovel looked like a black bear doing some clumsy dance on his hind legs” (Hurston 31). Janie suggest Logan has animalistic characteristics‚ the comparison shows how Jamie fells about him. The clumsy dance could refer to his lack luster emotional support throughout the marriage. Janie not seeing Logan as her husband and more of an animal resembles her no longer wanting to be in the relationship. In Addition‚ Logan is ungrateful of what
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