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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In Their Eyes Were Watching God a novel by African American writer Zora Neale Hurston from the Harlem Renaissance‚ Hurston shows the development of the character Janie Crawford throughout the story influenced by her marriages. Janie was raised by her grandmother‚ as she gets older she wants Janie to be happy so she marries her off to Logan. After Nanny’s death Janie runs away with Joe thinking he would treat her with more respect. But‚ finds out that he is very controlling and possessive of her.
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In the novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Neale Hurston exposes the story of the love life of Janie. The relationship between Janie and her third husband‚ Tea Cake‚ was above and beyond the most positive of the three relationships with men she had and summoned forth her best assets. The relationships she had with these three men permitted her to be subjected to her first true love‚ expand her knowledge of working and taking care of herself‚ and discover a new culture/society. Janie’s relationship
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“Another thing‚ Joe Starks hadn’t been been dead but nine months and here she goes sashaying off to a picnic in pink linen. Done quit attending church‚ like she used to. Gone off to Sanford in a car with Tea Cake and her all dressed in blue! It was a shame. Done took to high heel slippers and a ten dollar hat! Looking like some young girl‚ always in blue because Tea Cake told her to wear it” (Hurston 105). Before Tea Cake‚ all the men were making moves on her and all the women were encouraging her
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The next line of the song lyrics say stuff. The song “Treat You Better” by Shawn Mendes represents what Joe said to try to persuade Janie to leave with him‚ so he can treat her better. The song’s lyrics‚ “And you’re spending all your time / In this wrong situation‚” represent how Joe felt that Janie was in a wrong situation by being married to Logan Killicks. Joe thought that she was treated wrongly because as a lady‚ she should not be plowing or working in the field. The next line of the lyrics
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grandmother. Janie Mae Crawford and Nanny share a complex relationship as her mother figure disappears and it is left to Nanny to nurture the protagonist‚ influencing many of her choices in the near future. Creator of character Nanny and Janie Mae Crawford‚ Zora Neale Hurston depicts the complexity of Nanny and Janie’s love in her novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hurston effectively describes the difficulty of the mother-daughter relationship between Nanny and Janie. Janie and Nanny’s bond is compassionate
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In conclusion‚ Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston developed different views due to their different upbringings. Hurston was proud of her culture and upbringing and wanted to glorify it. As to where Wright only remembered the negative aspects of his upbringing and wanted to showcase the negative aspects. This caused a problem when Hurston wrote‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ because Wright believed that it was written to please the white audience rather than telling the truth behind the racism
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“Self Development with Growth of Love” In the novel Their Eyes Were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ love and the main character’s personal development throughout the story plays a very important role. The protagonist‚ Janie Crawford‚ encounters three major relationships that will develop her own personal growth and independence. Each encounter‚ Janie will experience different problems and solutions that will better her to develop self-confidence. As the novel progresses‚ her relationships with
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In Zora Neale Hurston’s‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ the concept of power is heavily emphasized throughout the novel. Although Joe “Jody” Starks‚ a man full of confidence and aspiration‚ became the mayor of the black town of Eatonville‚ he had an obsession for power and control that led to destruction. Power is fulfillment to Starks. He demonstrates patriarchy and dominance over Janie when he “rears and pitches in de store sometimes when she make uh mistake is… ungodly‚ but she don’t seem to
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Analytical Essay Zora Neale Hurston has come to be regarded as an experienced writer in both African American literature and women ’s literature‚ for her use of literary elements such as symbolism‚ motifs and imagery. One of Hurston’s most celebrated novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ in which she uses many examples of symbolism such as the mule‚ Janie’s hair‚ and the pear tree to illustrate to the readers the many trials of which her characters overcome. Zora Neale Hurston utilizes symbolism
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