Killicks‚ Jody Starks‚ and Tea Cake are the key influences in her journey toward womanhood. Janie’s marriage to Logan Killicks is the first stop on that journey. She hoped that her forced marriage with Logan would end her loneliness and desire for love. Right from the beginning‚ the loneliness shows
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A successful marriage can be defined as a union consisting of three values: happiness‚ trust‚ and sacrifice. These values are illustrated in The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God as they are exemplified by the relationships commented on by the authors. The vows said during the marriage process‚ mainly till death do you part‚ relate to these values as a promise between the people about to be wed. In order for the marriage to be successful and contain the values defining a successful union
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In Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ the main character‚ Janie Crawford‚ is on a quest to find true love. Like many people‚ she begins her journey not knowing what love is. Janie encounters many obstacles in her quest for love. Even when she finds love with Tea Cake‚ more obstacles challenge their relationship. "de very prong all us … gits hung on. Dis love! Dat’s just whut’s got us uh pullin’ and uh haulin’ and sweatin’ and doin’ from can’t see in de mornin’ till can’t see at night"
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Often‚ during the time period of the early 1900’s‚ the voice of women was disregarded and treated as a less important force in the community. The novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God exemplifies this in the form of a frame narrative. The story began with the main character‚ Janie walking in to town looking distraught and exhausted. Janie’s image is symbolic of the idea that she does not have a voice in the community‚ and is tired of fighting for her right to have a say. Janie then began to tell her
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from their games because she was not like them. She neither talked like them‚ nor even dressed like them. The kids treated her wrongly because of their jealousy towards her (9). Yet again she is treated differently because she is of a higher class. Jody won’t let her sit and talk with the people in the front of the store because he believes that they are “trash” compared to her (54) After Janie comes back from her life with Tea Cake‚ a poor younger man‚ to her hometown‚ Janie is still criticized by
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The Perfect Pear Tree Often in today’s idealized world‚ marriage‚ beauty‚ and life in general are standardized through glamourous magazines‚ the media‚ and the people who surround us. This was not the case for Janie Crawford‚ however‚ as her perception of love and life was represented through Zora Neal Hurston’s illustration of the pear tree. Throughout “Their Eyes Were Watching God‚” Janie explores the meaning of these virtues by constantly comparing them to her vision of the pear tree that
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ideal future and how she pictures her future relationships with Logan Killlicks‚ Jody Starks‚ and Tea Cake. First‚ Janie realizes Logan Killicks is not her ideal pear tree. In addition‚ Janie also realizes the same about Jody starks. Lastly‚ Janie finally found her pear tree but is it too late. Opponents would argue the symbolism would be Janie’s hair because her hair represents independence‚ but once she got to the town Jody always demanded her to put her hair up. That takes away her independence and
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marry. She was consistent by basically seeking the opportunity to show the opposite path that she went down‚ before she died. Janie was not consistent with this quote until her second husband died and she was with Tea Cake. What happen was that after Jody died she was fed up with the way that her life was going and she decided
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Jody represents most men in that age; the men thought that women had to depend on them for the brains‚ and provision. For example‚ one of Jody’s friends said “dat ‘oman ain’t so awfully pretty no how when yuh take de second look at her… tain’t nothin’ to
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