woman in the 1930’s are conveyed through the experiences of Janie Crawford and her self-growth throughout several relationships in her life. Hurston contributes to the theme “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” by exhibiting how the motifs of power‚ judgment and sexism morphed Janie into becoming a resilient female character that challenged the societal norms set for her. This theme was also shown within the different towns that Janie lived in during the story and how those cultural settings
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the main character‚ Janie Crawford. Racism is one of the main issues addressed in this novel as well. People were discriminated against continuously because of the color of their skin. The influence of white society is ever present‚ hanging over the novel like an oppressive cloud. For example‚ Janie’s husband Jody paints his house "a gloaty‚ sparkly white‚" (44) humiliates the citizens of Eatonville in similar ways as the white man would‚ and forces Janie into the slavish
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their outside communities. Mrs. Wright‚ a character whom never is shown to the reader struggles silently living with her controlling husband. Nora Helmer is a young mother longing to be her own woman and find her way. Like Nora and Mrs. Wright‚ Janie Crawford struggles to find her inner voice and fights for equality with her spouses. Mrs. Wright is never present but her voice is somehow found through the women that are in her house for the investigation of Mr. Wright’s murder. Through Mrs. Hale and
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Eyes Were Watching God” Janie Crawford‚ a beautiful young woman who takes orders from a tyrant of a husband. Her husband Joe Stark seemed to be the perfect guy for her. He had all the qualities that a girl can dream of‚ he’s charismatic‚ handsome‚ and a gentlemen. As their marriage progresses on Janie starts to notice that the man she fell in love with wasn’t that man no more. He started becoming jealous‚ bossy‚ and just sexist towards women. Joe criticizes everything that Janie does and orders her
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Throughout literature‚ feminism and racism have played crucial roles in the lives of the characters and plotlines in stories and novels. Audiences are captivated by the drama a character must face in order to succeed in life or society. This struggle to overcome personal discrimination and adversity has transcended centuries and genres of literature. African American literature is no exception. Authors of African American literature would base the events that were taking place in the world around
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Walker in her “In Search of Zora Neale Hurston” article‚ very little was known about the works of this African American author. In 1937‚ Hurston wrote and published her most famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ a story about the hardships of Janie Crawford as she matures and discovers new horizons. During a time when racial strains in the United States were rising and the Harlem Renaissance motivated blacks to honor their culture‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God was not well-greeted in the black community
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God by Zora Neale Hurston follows the life of the beautiful‚ fair-skinned Janie Mae Crawford. The book’s main action comes from Janie’s quest to find all-encompassing true love. The book starts as Janie returns home to Eatonville after several years away. Her best friend‚ Phoeby Watson brings Janie food as an excuse to catch up. The events after this are in chronological order of Janie’s life as she recounts it to Phoeby. Janie is raised by her grandmother‚ Nanny‚ after her actual mother runs off. Although
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of the novel. Through a recalled account of past life events‚ the reader is allowed to grasp an understanding of the life of Janie Crawford. Her life’s trials and tribulations have compelled her into the woman she is‚ a woman of self-determination who has abandoned the idea of the need for a male presence‚ as a result of three unsuccessful marriages. Coming into her own‚ Janie battles with society’s ignorant definition of gender roles and relations versus her personal views of self progression and
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by Zora Neale Hurston follows the journey of the central character Janie Crawford. Janie spends her time in southern Florida trying to find her voice and true love. During this process‚ she finds herself in two marriages with men that greatly differ from each other. These two men go by the names of Joe Starks and Vergile “Tea Cake” Woods. They both have very different impacts on Janie’s path to achieve her life goals. After Janie has a failed marriage to her very first husband Logan kellicks‚ she
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entirely on the love story between reformed playboy‚ Verigible Woods (aka‚ Tea Cake) and Janie. However there were so many more layers to the novel‚ including studies in developmental psychology and cultural anthropology. On a psychological level‚ we see the main character‚ Janie Crawford‚ grow through four of the five stages of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Personal Development (depending on which version you read). Janie starts out in survival mode‚ or at least Nannie‚ her guardian- grandmother‚ is on that
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