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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Love is presumed to be a step in life. The expectation society applies to it leads to alienation of characters in the summer reading of The Great Gatsby‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ and The Grapes of Wrath. For some characters‚ love is a moral value right from the start. Zora Neale Hurston introduces us to Janie in her book‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie is a young‚ vibrant African American living with her grandmother. She marks the beginning of her need to feel loved and wanted early on
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something new is created.” This idea can apply to pieces of literature as well. By interlacing two works‚ their similarities and differences can strengthen the overall takeaway from both novels. At first glance‚ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston couldn’t be more different. Yet‚ after properly dissecting the novels‚ is it apparent that they actually share many thematic
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In the novels‚ “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the authors follow the central characters in their struggle to achieve their hopes and dreams. In Fitzgerald’s novel‚ Nick Carraway‚ narrates his growing knowledge of the central character‚ Jay Gatsby‚ being a bystander to Gatsby’s venture for Daisy Buchanan’s love. In Hurston’s novel‚ the main character Janie fails to grapple what she truly wants for herself as she is thrown into abusive
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convey love in Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston. The strongest device is symbolism. Another book that is also relatable to this style is Romeo and Juliet. Hurston’s novel along with Shakespeare’s both use smaller methods to describe the larger device. Romeo and Juliet also has a lot of similarities to Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ through the symbolism of love. In Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet found her only love in her only hate‚ and Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God found she hated
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and Power "De nigger woman is de mule uh de world so fur as Ah can see." --Nanny‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God 14 This quote establishes the novel’s unusual perspective on gender difference. It’s the story of a woman’s struggle with power. During this time‚ African American women were looked upon as the mules of the world‚ because the men were considered the "Gods." Society believed that since they were the men of their households‚ whatever they said was the way it went. The novel set the tone
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Prepared Reading Section A: Paragraph Responses Race An important assertion that shows up multiple times throughout the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God is race. Throughout the story there was constant racial prejudice coming from both‚ the African American race and the Whites. A quote that supports this assertion is‚ “Ah thought you would ‘preciate good treatment. Thought Ah’d take and make somethin’ outa yuh. You think youse white folks by de way you act‚” (Hurston
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Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ shows the development of an African-American woman living in the 1920s and 1930s as she searches for her true identity. Janie was a half-white‚ half-black girl growing up in Florida in the early 1930 ’s‚ living with her grandmother‚ struggling to find her place in life. Janie’s transformation throughout the book shows a change through language and the development of Janie’s voice through the different stages of her life. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a narrative
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Development of a Character with the Use of Figurative Language Throughout the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ author Zora Neale Hurston is able to go into great detail using various forms of figurative language. With the use of assorted metaphors and symbols‚ she is able to express the feelings and emotions of Janie‚ the main character. Zora Neale Hurston uses figurative language in Their Eyes Were Watching God to develop Janie’s character and love life over time. Janie’s hair is used as a symbol
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Their Eyes Were Watching God was by far the greatest piece of literature I’ve read and studied this year. There are a great number of life lessons that Janie learns that could be applied to our lives. As well as Janie’s life decisions‚ the characters portrayed in the novel reflect the characters that play roles in our lives‚ effectively creating a situation that we can relate to. Their Eyes Were Watching God is a great piece of literature because it tells of scenarios that could happen in our lives
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