all of these essential traits‚ through its style and essential themes‚ is what makes it uniquely American and allows it to distinguish itself as a defining example of American literature. The texts Huckleberry Finn‚ The Great Gatsby‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ and Catch-22 all exhibit these traits in their unique ways. Their methods of accumulating all of these essential traits into one great work‚ allows these four texts
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and the possibility of connection between self‚ the world‚ and other persons within Janie. In ancient Chinese mythology‚ the pear tree symbolized immortal life because of the longevity of the tree‚ the same thought can be applied in Their Eyes Were Watching God. If Janie had not continued to have hope that love was an attainable idea than she would not have been so open to connecting with Tea Cake on a deeper emotional level‚ she let her ideas of love be immortal and long lasting‚ just like a pear
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In her article “Tuh de Horzion and Back: The Female Quest in Their Eyes Were Watching God”‚ Missy Dehn Kubitschek argues against her fellow critics’ common misconception of Janie as “a passive prize” (109)‚ in favor of‚ recognizing the “the independence and strength” (109) within her. Kubitschek showcases the independence and strength of Janie through outlining her heroine’s quest throughout‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ according to the five qualifications‚ “answering the call to adventure‚ crossing
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the American South‚ in her work. Hurston’s fiction‚ which depicts relationships among black residents in Southern Florida‚ was largely unconcerned with racial injustices. Hurston is best known for her novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God. Published in 1937‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God has become a staple in women’s studies programs and has inspired many female authors to create non-stereotypical black female characters. Hurston is considered one of the foremost writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
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how you use them. The way words are used in speech can effect your life‚ for the best or the worst. One author in particular who is a specialist in Novelist‚ Folklorist‚ and Anthropy had put her knowledge in to writing a novel called Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ which was written by Zora Neale Hurtson herself. Hurtson based this novel on a belief that most folks are as happy as they make their minds up to be‚ but the main character in the novel proves that statement to be legit; if you don’t change
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Their eyes were watching god: What makes a man a good husband? Is it wealth‚and power? In some eyes yes‚ but only the people that don’t want to have to do anything. In Janie’s case she just wants someone who wants to love her just as she wants to love them. And out of her three husbands Logan and Joe both may have wealth and the will to be able to provide for Janie‚ but they didn’t have the qualities that Janie was looking for in a man.. She’s looking for someone to treat her as her equal‚ and
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makes a person who he or she is. Janie develops as a woman with the three marriages she has. In each marriage she learns valuable lessons‚ has progressively better relationships‚ and realizes how a person is to live his or her life. In Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston‚ Janie’s marriages to Logan Killicks‚ Jody Starks‚ and Tea Cake seem like the most crucial elements in her development as a woman. Throughout the story Hurston uses different men to portray the continuum that men
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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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racial themes and sheds the light on new aspects and themes in black’s’ life especially on feminist themes.Their “Eyes Were Watching God” examines with a great deal of artistry the struggle of a black woman named Janie Crawford to escape the shackles of the traditional concept about love and marriage and the narrow social restrictions of her class and sex. Over the course of the book‚ Zora Neale Hurston ties in three major ideas that can be explained through a feminist lens‚ the act of speaking‚
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The Significance of a Pear Tree The theme of the novel‚ “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ is the search real love and finding a new form of independence. Throughout Janie’s life‚ she faced numerous struggles as she searched for unconditional‚ true‚ and fulfilling love. Janie seeks an intimate relationship with somebody that lives up to her idea of true love‚ like that between a bee and a blossom on the pear tree that as child she witnessed while she was sitting under in her grandmother’s
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