the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the main character Janie wants desperately to live her version of the American Dream but she is constantly hampered down and forced to aid others in living out their dreams. She left her first husband‚ Logan Killicks to run off with Joe Starks‚ a mystery man who promised an exciting life in a new town in Florida. Things between the two were great until Janie was forced to live a certain way once Joe had become the mayor of the town. Janie’s
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the tree’s flowers‚ Janie experiences a perfect moment in nature‚ full of passion and blissful harmony. As the story of Janie’s life unfolds‚ she continually seeks the peace she found here. Even as the settings and people around her shift‚ she longs to connect to the ideal natural world teased in front of her. In the final paragraph‚ Hurston reconnects to this allegory saying ‚ “here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net”. In reaching the horizon‚ Janie obtains the peace she
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woman’s pursuit of a meaningful life in the American South during the 1920’s. Janie desires sense of her own identity and a secure sense of independence. In the beginning of the book Janie is unsure of who she is or how she wants to live‚ until she has a revelation under the blossoming pear tree‚ where she observes perfect harmony of nature. Janie wants to achieve this type of love‚ which awakens an even deeper desire. Janie seeks a sense of enlightenment and oneness with the world around her. Freedom
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Were Watching God” gives off the beauty of nature within Janie as her life. On a journey to find the depth of affection that she never had‚ she blossoms and becomes aware of love’s true colors. As a child growing up‚ Janie took comfort in the pear tree in her backyard. Spending all of her free time there‚ she became connected with it and “saw her life like a great tree” (25). During the spring season‚ the tree blossomed and as well as Janie‚ growing into her new found body and a different mind set
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Summer Reading English IV August 5‚ 2011 Tic-Tac Toe #9 Their Eyes Were Watching God features many symbols throughout Hurston’s novel; however‚ one symbol in particular attracts men towards Janie and creates Janie’s image and personality – her hair. Her hair is a symbol of power to her‚ an overwhelming presence in the eyes of men‚ and a strength most people don’t expect out of most women during this time. Janie’s strength and personality are clearly represented in three different ways. First
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experience the world Janie lives in and her journey to self-revelation.I need to… Show ways Hurston forces the reader to experience what Janie/other characters have experienced.(Write about how Hurston uses these stereotypes to force us to empathize with the characters/what Hurston uses so that the reader can understand this as a reality/ forced marriage‚ protection from a man‚ looks forces the reader to experience what Janie and
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7‚ 18 1960 was an African-American novelist‚ short story writer‚ folklorist‚ and anthropologist. She was the daughter of two former slaves. Her father‚ John Hurston‚ was a pastor‚ her mother‚ Lucy Ann Hurston‚ past way when she was very little. When she was three‚ her family moved to Eatonville‚ Florida; in 1887. The town was one of the first all-black towns to be incorporated in the United States. Eatonville
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respectable‚ someone like Logan Killicks. Nanny’s granddaughter Janie‚ a youthful girl who was born as a free child‚ she doesn’t have to go through the hard time as a slave that her Nanny has experienced. Janie believes that she should fulfill her own dream by marrying a man that she loves‚ and she disregard the importance of material wealth. <br> <br>Nanny has learned the lesson that love is not synonymous with love‚ and she thinks Janie is just too young to realize the truth. As a slave near the end
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express Janie and her difficult life. Hurston uses literary devices to prove Janie’s innocence. Janie was young and confused about things. Janie was young and confused. “So ah ast‚ where is me? Ah don’t see me” (Hurston 9). Janie asked where was she‚ why was she different from everybody else‚ she didn’t see herself in that circle because she was darker than everybody else. Janie was confused of what she was and where she belonged because of the fact she was different from the rest. Janie didn’t
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of love and dreams. Janie is an African-American woman in the 1930´s who experiences life through a series of unsteady relationships‚ all in search of a love like her dreams. Janie fails to realize the difference between love and her dream‚ specifically when she is steered away from her dream by others‚ marries Logan Killicks and runs off with Joe Starks. Janie has a dream about marriage‚ but is soon pushed in the opposite direction by the people around her. At a young age Janie discovers her conscious
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