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    draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see.” (p193) Here in Their Eyes Were Watching God we can see the symbol and importance of horizons. Horizons‚ in Janie’s case‚ symbolizes how she matures as a woman‚ and seeks what love is‚ living and making choices as she desires! Meanwhile‚ she has no one to guide her‚ but God is by her side through every step of the way! Before Janie’s grandmother died‚ she caught her kissing. From that day forward

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    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 and powerless by male dominance. Men loved the fact that they could control their wives. In Zora Neale Hurston‚ “Their Eyes Were Watching God” Janie is the character that is blinded by her wanting love. In the critical essay‚ “ I Love the Way Janie Crawford

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    “The men noticed her firm buttocks like she had grape fruits in her hip pockets; the great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind like a plume; then her pugnacious breasts trying to bore holes in her shirt. They‚ the men‚ were saving with the mind what they lost with the

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    Barbara Johnson’s critique focuses on the metaphoric‚ metonymic and voice in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. It focuses on the major character‚ Janie Crawford’s inner and outer change towards her various relationships. She focuses on the strengths‚ both vocally and physically‚ gained after her first slap down by her second husband‚ Joe Starks. Barbara Johnson focuses on the metaphoric meaning of this transformation which was defined as the substitution based on the resemblance

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    Ana-Alicia Collazo 1B March 21‚ 2014 Student’s lawsuit against parents for support loses first round in court (CNN) -- A high school senior’s lawsuit against her mother and father for financial support and college tuition hit a hurdle Tuesday when a New Jersey judge denied the teenager’s request for immediate financial assistance from the parents. Rachel Canning‚ 18‚ alleges in her lawsuit that her parents forced her out of their Lincoln Park‚ New Jersey home‚ and that she is unable

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    keeping with themes dealing with personal relationships and the female search for self-awareness in Their Eyes Were Watching God ‚ has created a heroine in Janie Crawford. In fact‚ the female perspective is introduced immediately. "Now‚ women forget all those things they don’t want to remember‚ and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly" (Their Eyes 1). <br> <br>On the very first page of Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ the contrast

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    Zora Neale Hurston’s novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God incorporates three main themes with motifs that define Janie as an independent‚ intelligent‚ and strong woman. The three themes include: speech and silence‚ power and downfall as means to accomplishment‚ and love and relationship in opposition to independence. In each theme‚ a motif is attached to give meaning of Hurston’s interpretation of Janie. Zora Neale Hurston utilizes speech and silence as an interesting narrative structure‚ splitting

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    Their Eyes Are Watching God compared and contrasted to the bible The novel‚ “Their Eyes Were Watching God‚” can be considered to be a biblical novel. Based off my observation when reading the book “Their Eyes Were Watching God‚” it describes and reference to some religious events and symbolism. The way that Janie overcame some situation that she encountered is because of her spiritual connection. Some events that she been through‚ can be compared to some events that took place in the Bible such

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    about the works of this African American author. In 1937‚ Hurston wrote and published her most famous novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ a story about the hardships of Janie Crawford as she matures and discovers new horizons. During a time when racial strains in the United States were rising and the Harlem Renaissance motivated blacks to honor their culture‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God was not well-greeted in the black community and subsequently was put among other amateur pieces of literature throughout

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    Personification in this chapter is shown in this chapter when the narrator says what she is doing on the porch. “So she sat on the porch and watched the moon rise. Soon its amber fluid was drenching the earth‚ and quenching the thirst of the day.” (ch.10‚ pg. 95) Here Janie is deciding whether or not she should be wary of Tea Cake; their shared love seems too perfect. This tension is also evident in Tea Cake’s name—his proper name‚ Vergible Woods‚ reminds readers of Janie’s past relationships with

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