Tea Cake is different form Janie’s previous lovers as he treats her as an intelligent being. He is not gender-biased as gives her freedom to work alongside him as partner and not as a servant as Logan and Joe had done. Tea Cake hears Janie out and is a willing talker. Nanny‚ Janie’s Grandma‚ has complex relationship with her granddaughter. The old woman is the sole-support of Janie and rears her up with care. However‚ the trauma of slavery and subjugation at the hands of a white-master never leaves
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granddaughter throughout life‚ she marries her to him. However‚ when Janie is asked to help Logan with farming‚ she feels as if she is being used as a slave and plans to run away. When she runs away‚ she marries another man by the name of Joe (Jody) Starks. Jody is a higher class man compared to Janie and eventually‚ Janie feels as if she
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her being Syntax Structure/Organization Point of View Nanny sees Janie kissing JT Page 12 (“lacerating her Janie with a kiss…”) Nanny sees intimacy as an abuse‚ not as something pleasing. Tone Jody is insecure about hisselfJanie is scared after the funeral Ch.5(“ skeered some de…”) Ch.9 . Jody‚ in order to achieve complete control over Janie‚ must suppress this sexuality. Because he doesn’t want her to inspire lust in other men and is “skeered some de rest of us mens might touch it round dat
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going on inside her. People ought to have some regard for helpless things. She wanted to fight about it”(57). Hurston description of Janie’s conveys the lack of confidence of Janie to fight against the smothering of her identity within her marriage to Jody. Furthermore‚ Janie later in the novel describes her time in Eatonville‚ “Ah wuz fumblin’ round and God opened de door” (159) conveying a lack of sentimentality towards her time in Eatonville. She saw Jody’s death as an opportunity to seek something
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“Lift every voice and sing/Till earth and heaven ring” (Johnson “Lift Every Voice and Sing” 1-2) Those with voice have power. Seen as a powerful weapon that one can wield‚ voice can often be used as a persuasive and compelling ability on individuals. In “Life Every Voice and Sing”‚ the power of voice is used in an imperative command that is given calling everyone and anywhere to come and raise their voices and all sing together. In this instance‚ everyone’s voices together become one voice‚ strong
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Love in the Horizon Zora Neale Hurston‚ author of Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ portrays life as a search for love‚ freedom‚ and individual identity. In this novel‚ we see the characters mature emotionally through their many obstacles in life. People spend their whole lives looking for someone to love‚ when they must first learn to love themselves. If different variables can influence someone‚ then clothing is definitely one of these variables in this novel. With each marriage Janie goes through
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Tiflin explains‚ “Look at this way‚ Carl. That was the big thing in my father’s life. He led a wagon train clear across the plains to the coast‚ and when it was finished‚ his life was done. It was a big thing to do‚ but didn’t last long enough.” As Jody is listening outside under the opened kitchen window‚ she continues‚ “Look! It was as though he
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Everyone has heard the stories of a woman doing anything for love or enduring anything to keep the man she feels she is in love with. Although this still does happen now‚ this was happening way more in the 1900s‚ when women was really dependent on men for mostly everything. During that time‚ men lead the household making all the decisions in the relationship. They were dominant over their wives and their was no questions asked. Women took a backseat to their men because they were blinded by love
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especially people with high class and power. The “god” they are talking about in the context of the story is Jody in his town‚ or even Janie’s relationship with the men she married. She lasted a long time with Jody‚ letting him control her and her actions‚ while making her seem not as beautiful or lower than he is. He accepted all of the people who gave him compliments or acting as If he is their god. Jody also made people suffer‚ especially Janie for no reason‚ besides wanting status and power. To be a leader
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I meets a man wonderful man named Joe Starks (Jody) and was immediately attracted to him. He seemed so confident‚ determined‚ and free. Jody persuaded me to run away with him‚ I did and we end up in Eatonville‚ Florida. While in Eatonville‚ I began to feel oppressed by Jody. As mayor‚ Jody believed that I should not socialize with the common people because I had to act and appear as if I was better than them. He attempted to force me to do what he wants‚ such as keeping me in the shop‚ and making
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