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    The Two Strong People That Survived “Look deep into nature‚and then you will understand everything better.”Albert Einstein.”Beast of the Southern Wild” was a film that was directed by Benh Zeitlin and was released by June 27‚2012. “Their Eyes Were Watching God” was a novel that was written by Zora Hurston and was published in September 18‚1937.The film and the novel had some similarities such as having connection to nature‚mothers relationship‚and what happened in the big storm. In the novel that’s

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    Silas Hanegraaf Why do discoveries in life require struggles? In Their Eyes Were Watching God by “Zora Neale Hurston”‚ Janie finds value in herself through obstacles with those close to her‚ herself as an individual‚ and trials beyond her control. She discovers who she is and what her life means through extraordinary trials‚ but not without purpose. If someone wants to find out who he or she is‚ then they will have to endure struggles with those close to them‚ such as relatives and good

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    In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ written by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the judgments made by the characters in the story are frequently based on their anger and insecurities. Many examples of judgment are spread throughout the book. In the early fifties through the late seventies‚ people appear to be racially judgmental when they are insecure and angered by the change in their environment. Judgments seem to be all around us and are a way to express feelings. In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ the anger

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    In one way or another‚ every person has felt repressed at some stage during their lives. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a story about one woman’s quest to free herself from repression and explore her own identity; this is the story of Janie Crawford and her journey for self-knowledge and fulfillment.  Janie transforms many times as she undergoes the process of self-discovery as she changes through her experiences with three completely different men. Her marriages serve as stepping-stones in her

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    Chapter One (Jealousy and Friendship) In chapter one of "Their Eyes Were Watching God"‚ there was numerous amounts of emotions displayed by various people. Jealousy was a very apparent emotion displayed widely among the women in the town. Jealousy is an emotion that makes people want something that another has already and for this they spit that person. Anther more dominate emotion encrypted in this chapter was friendship. Friendship was immediately introduced in the first chapter between Janie

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    situation to the audience‚ it also talks about the hero background and how the hero is against a background of environment and his personal history. Some kind of forces in the hero’s life is pulling in different directions and causing stress. In the Iron Fist‚ a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics which created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane during a pop culture trend in the early 1970s for martial arts heroes. The character is a is a master of martial arts‚ his

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    In Zora Neale Hurston’s‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ the story illustrates a biracial African American woman‚ Janie‚ who is returning to her home in Eatonville. The novel is told in the form of a flashback and gives an account of her early teenage years all the way through her mature adulthood when she returns to her home. During her journey through life Janie is confronted with many different conflicts. She fights both internal and external conflicts‚ such as her search for true love‚ gender roles

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    NOTECARDS FROM Their Eyes Were Watching God Book "She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soak- ing in the alto chant of the visiting bees‚ the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her. She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this

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    The novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ narrates the story of a 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

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    In “ Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston it’s about a young woman named Janie Starks‚ whom she was raised by her grandmother‚ Nanny. Nanny was something more to Janie because‚ she was never around her parents. When‚ Janie started to grow older‚ her grandmother caught her kissing a local boy so‚ Nanny decides to marry Janie off to Logan who is a wealthy middle-aged farmer. She wants Janie to be in a secure situation‚ unlike her who was born into slavery‚ was raped by her master and

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