The Power, Courage, and Independence of a Woman In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston the main character Janie goes on a journey with her identity, that leads her to finding her true inner self. From man to man she continues to learn new things about herself, just as Hurston's learns new things in her writing career. Hurston’s strong opinions about encouraging, powerful, independent women, is supported in this famous novel of hers. When Janie met Tea Cake and really got
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
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
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
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie connects with nature several times. As an example, Janie has a blissful experience with nature in which she has a perfect moment of oneness with a specific pear tree. For the most part, Zora Neale Hurston lets us sneak a peek into Janie’s thoughts during this moment. As a result, this part of the novel paints us a picture of how Janie portrays nature. In Their Eyes Were Watching God Hurston writes, “From barren brown stems to glistening leaf-buds to snowy virginity
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
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.
In Zora Neale Hurston's, Their Eyes are Watching God, Janie, a young African American female is faced with faulty and deceiving relationships throughout her life. She was taught by her grandmother in the early stages of her life to marry for economic security, but Janie sought to find true love through her relationships. Janie figures out that her true self gets revealed when her second husband Joe Starks dies. Joe was such a figure head in the town of Eatonville, Florida, that Janie could not
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