Kiaran Stewart Mrs. Stech AP Literature 2 12 November 2014 Their Eyes Were Watching God Q3 Prompt #1 In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie Crawford is a character who is forced to outwardly conform to the norms of society but inwardly questions those norms. Throughout the novel, Janie grudgingly accepts societies norms. Her inner being yearns to find happiness despite what society believes and Janie’s marriages help her to find the answers to her questions. In the beginning, Janie is raised by
Rationale: This written task relates to the story Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston, and in particular, is an interview between a minor character, Lee Coker, and a major character, Joe Starks, about how Joe plans to change the town of Eatonville with his new legislation as mayor. I chose an interview because I felt it could best show how the characters and their ideals have changed throughout the story and I wrote it in a way to further understand the character development
journey, conflicts and struggles, that give us insight to who we really are and what we really want from our lives. This information enables people to discover their own happy ending. This can be applied to Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. The main character, Janie Crawford, embarks on a journey full of conflict, both internal and external, that make her reassess herself and her surroundings. Three marriages to three different men, are events that have changed how she views
Nsikak Ekong November 21, 2015 AP Literature Mr. R. Amoroso Topic #2 Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, shows the growth of Janine Crawford, an adolescent girl of mixed black and white heritage. This young attractive female is obsessed with finding true love after seeing a bee pollenating on a flower. Through the course of the novel her story is documented with her emotional growth and her maturity through three marriages which are dominated by the male
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Culminating Essay Prompt #5 Throughout her timeless masterpiece Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston employs a myriad of symbolic elements to assist in the establishment and understanding of Janie’s identity as a character. Although the types of symbolism used throughout both the novel and the movie vary greatly, they effectively convey Janie’s development. A few of these symbols include Janie’s hair, the pear tree, Janie’s use of firearms, and Janie’s
Throughout the novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, there is a constant battle between nature (how we feel life should be, and how we interpret our emotions) and nurture (how others tell us life should be and how we should interpret our emotions). In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie confronts what she has been “nurtured” by social teachings about what a proper relationship should be like, which often go against her own natural instincts. By choosing personal preference over social rules, she
to keep moving. Only God knows if I could get back up after yet another beating. Silence is not an option. These were the painful feelings that raced through Janie’s head. One toxic relationship after another, all with different men from different backgrounds and different morals, each of them changing her into the resilient woman she is today. She had to scream, she had to leave, and she had to change to survive.
TOPIC 3 Explore how Hurston uses elements of nature as a metaphor for Janie's life. By: Cristian Escobar Teacher: Mr. Amoroso Escobar Pg. 1 The Eyes Were Watching God LAP Nature is often used as a catalyst to remind oneself of the beauty that accompanies the true meaning of love. The world is a garden and the garden is ones soul. A garden in which is unmaintained cannot grow and expand and cannot take shape in beauty. It begins to wither and die, hopelessly looking
The 1860s were a time of great change and the start to a more equal country. Laws were beginning to change and the development of new all black communities proved the African Americans were able to succeed without the help of white people. Civil Rights were finally granted to all races, slavery was abolished, and the civil war ended between the Northern and Southern states. Hurston wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God to show what was going on, based on her life experiences. Hurston’s characters show
can’t drive the car.” Richard Wright seemed to fit the bill of this quote, as he judgmentally assessed the black literature produced by Zora Neale Hurston without substantiated endorsement. In his critique of her distinguished novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Wright voices an opinion of harsh disapproval; he faults Hurston’s simplistic story, lack of theme, and exploit of Negro life as a means of entertainment for other races. Yet, what Wright fails to appreciate in the tale of Janie Crawford