2. Metaphors are an effective way in creating depth and adding creativity within stories. In the novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Neale Hurston used motifs of the horizon numerous times to illustrate a symbol of Janie’s crusade to find contentment. The horizon was the strongest metaphor presented in the novel‚ for it had many effects. Janie often stared toward the horizon in search of hope and justification. Her horizon changed continuously as she set out for something bigger. One example was
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one‚ her life with her second husband is presented. The last part describes Janie’s marriage with her third husband‚ Tea Cake. While reading Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ it is easily noticeable that the author does not use modern English forms. Hurston herself admitted that she intentionally used the black vernacular in order to express her pride in being black and to support the New Negro Movement’s guidelines. Since one of the thesis’s objectives is to discuss the problem of voice and silence
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Eyes Are Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ Janie is the main character. She is lighter skinned then most of her black community. “What she doin coming back here in dem overhalls? Can’t she find no dress to put on? —Where’s dat blue dress she left here in? —Where all dat money her husband took and died and left her? —What dat ole forty year ole ‘oman doin’ wid her hair swingin’ down her back lak some young gal?......why she don’t stay in her class? —” (Hurston 2). Janie resists being classed off
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As we have been reading the novel‚ “Their Eyes Were Watching God”‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ one aspect of the book that I found quite interesting was the idea of the store which is built after Joe decides this new all black town‚ that he is the mayor of‚ must have a store to act as a community meeting place. This small feature in this detail-heavy novel has further implications with respect to what it represents and what effect it has on Janie in the years she is married to the man who leads the building
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declare a sense of authority over the individual or situation. In this instance‚ female oppression is occurring as a means of reaffirming male gender dominance. The literary works‚ “I Sit and Sew” by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson‚ “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ and “Roselily” by Alice Walker‚ depict silencing of women as a result
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The novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God” written by Zora Neale Hurston is praised as one of the greatest works of American literature due to the outstanding use of figurative language and presentation of such controversial topics. Such as women empowerment and the true nature of relationships. The main character‚ Janie is heavily influenced by the people around her‚ and due to such actions‚ she is unable to reach her dreams‚ or her horizon. In TEWWG‚ two characters in particular‚ her grandmother
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from her. Her story is very similar to what Hurston had to go through growing up. For Hurston‚ moving from one town to another made her see what society thought about people of color. At her new racially diverse school‚ she began to be called “little colored girl.” This was something she did not have to go through in her old‚ all-black town. Fortunately at the end on her long journey‚ she was able to realize that society has no right to judge her. For Hurston‚ race was just a term but for society; an
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Chapter 9 Response In the passage from chapter 9 from the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the author uses diction‚ figurative language‚ and selection of detail to express Janie’s change to a self-promoting attitude compared to Nanny’s materialistic and dependant way of living life. Jody’s funeral was a great event that everyone from doctors to farm people attended. Janie’s sadness did not show‚ if she had any at all‚ but she could not show the world that she was not affected
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Joe disrespects Janie all the time but she is either forced to not speak or chooses not to. Tain’t no use in gettin’ mad‚ Janie‚ ’cause ha mention you ain’t no not young gal no mo’. Nobody in heah ain’t lookin’ for no wife outa yuh. Old as you is (Hurston 93-94). After Joe makes fun of Jodie for how old she is she does not respond. She does not want to start an argument between the two. So her she uses silence as a power to not get into a big argument. Once again‚ Janie must choose either to accept
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